Compare Stocks: LITE, COHR, and MKSI

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COHR Coherent	$282.04 +6.7%	$308.12	$94.55 ▼ $440.00	$55.23B	2.1	6.47 million shs	5.03 million shs
LITE Lumentum	$881.26 +4.0%	$813.36	$144.20 ▼ $1,085.68	$79.05B	1.53	5.59 million shs	3.56 million shs
MKSI MKS	$260.31 +4.3%	$318.24	$102.14 ▼ $447.62	$17.60B	1.98	1.39 million shs	1.69 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
COHR Coherent	-1.65%	-10.62%	-18.67%	-30.09%	+198.78%
LITE Lumentum	-2.67%	-11.38%	-0.25%	-1.89%	+531.80%
MKSI MKS	-0.69%	-7.87%	-22.17%	-17.24%	+149.05%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COHR Coherent	$282.04 +6.7%	$308.12	$94.55 ▼ $440.00	$55.23B	2.1	6.47 million shs	5.03 million shs
LITE Lumentum	$881.26 +4.0%	$813.36	$144.20 ▼ $1,085.68	$79.05B	1.53	5.59 million shs	3.56 million shs
MKSI MKS	$260.31 +4.3%	$318.24	$102.14 ▼ $447.62	$17.60B	1.98	1.39 million shs	1.69 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
COHR Coherent	-1.65%	-10.62%	-18.67%	-30.09%	+198.78%
LITE Lumentum	-2.67%	-11.38%	-0.25%	-1.89%	+531.80%
MKSI MKS	-0.69%	-7.87%	-22.17%	-17.24%	+149.05%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
COHR Coherent	2.76	Moderate Buy	$397.63	42.45% Upside
LITE Lumentum	2.73	Moderate Buy	$1,053.83	20.75% Upside
MKSI MKS	2.81	Moderate Buy	$382.86	48.09% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LITE, COHR, and MKSI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/31/2026	LITE Lumentum	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$1,200.00
8/31/2026	COHR Coherent	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$400.00
8/31/2026	LITE Lumentum	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$1,100.00
8/31/2026	LITE Lumentum	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$1,100.00
8/31/2026	LITE Lumentum	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$1,100.00
8/25/2026	MKSI MKS	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/25/2026	MKSI MKS	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$360.00 ➝ $330.00
8/21/2026	LITE Lumentum	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/20/2026	LITE Lumentum	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/19/2026	LITE Lumentum	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Sell (D-)
8/14/2026	COHR Coherent	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)

(Data available from 9/4/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
COHR Coherent	$7.12B	7.68	$7.88 per share	35.44	$57.39 per share	4.86
LITE Lumentum	$3.01B	25.97	$13.05 per share	66.86	$51.77 per share	16.86
MKSI MKS	$3.93B	4.45	$13.83 per share	18.70	$44.19 per share	5.85

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
COHR Coherent	$805M	$4.11	67.95	21.65	0.59	11.31%	9.89%	5.64%	N/A
LITE Lumentum	-$6.94B	-$82.21	N/A	26.48	N/A	-230.15%	26.34%	10.25%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
MKSI MKS	$295M	$6.27	41.35	14.88	0.53	10.15%	24.72%	7.80%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest LITE, COHR, and MKSI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/12/2026	Q4 2026	COHR Coherent	$1.43	$1.74	+$0.31	$1.19	N/A	$2.05 billion
8/11/2026	Q4 2026	LITE Lumentum	$2.97	$3.23	+$0.26	-$84.65	$987.70 million	$1.01 billion
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	MKSI MKS	$2.91	$3.30	+$0.39	$2.41	$1.20 billion	$1.25 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
COHR Coherent	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LITE Lumentum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MKSI MKS	$1.00	0.39%	+1.92%	15.95%	N/A

Latest LITE, COHR, and MKSI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/3/2026	MKSI MKS	quarterly	$0.25	0.37%	8/25/2026	8/25/2026	9/3/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
COHR Coherent	0.29	2.43	1.52
LITE Lumentum	0.01	1.68	1.40
MKSI MKS	0.85	1.14	0.72

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
COHR Coherent	83.33%
LITE Lumentum	94.05%
MKSI MKS	99.79%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
COHR Coherent	0.45%
LITE Lumentum	0.43%
MKSI MKS	0.57%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
COHR Coherent	51,000	195.83 million	194.95 million	Optionable
LITE Lumentum	13,757	89.70 million	89.31 million	Optionable
MKSI MKS	10,300	67.62 million	67.23 million	Optionable

LITE, COHR, and MKSI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

MKS Inc. rises as chip-equipment names rebound and investors continue to lean on strong Q2 guidance

46 minutes ago | quiverquant.comQ

Why Is MKS (MKSI) Down 14.3% Since Last Earnings Report?

September 4 at 12:37 PM | zacks.com

Elizabeth Mora Sells 300 Shares of MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) Stock

September 2 at 1:06 PM | marketbeat.com

MKSI or HOCPY: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?

September 2 at 12:41 PM | zacks.com

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Increases Stake in MKS Inc. $MKSI

September 2 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Why MKS (MKSI) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

September 1 at 10:46 AM | zacks.com

Spyglass Capital Management LLC Buys Shares of 118,526 MKS Inc. $MKSI

September 1 at 6:16 AM | marketbeat.com

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

September 1 at 2:16 AM | americanbankingnews.com

MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

September 1 at 2:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Senator Investment Group LP Purchases Shares of 65,000 MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Invests $17.06 Million in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Purchases Shares of 29,470 MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Corient Private Wealth LP Invests $15.51 Million in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Issue Forecasts for MKS's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

August 30, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Legal & General Group Plc Purchases New Stake in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Makes New $23.66 Million Investment in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

4,545 Shares in MKS Inc. $MKSI Bought by Archer Investment Corp

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Comments on MKS's Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

August 29, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Comments on MKS's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:MKSI)

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $24.98 Million in MKS Inc. $MKSI

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Earnings Estimates Moving Higher for MKS (MKSI): Time to Buy?

August 27, 2026 | zacks.com

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LITE, COHR, and MKSI Company Descriptions

Coherent NYSE:COHR

$282.04 +17.63 (+6.67%)

As of 03:58 PM Eastern

Coherent Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components and devices, and optical and laser systems and subsystems for the use in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Networking, Materials, and Lasers. The Networking segment offers telecommunication products for fiber-optic transmission; datacom transceivers, including pluggable transceivers for ethernet and fiber channel applications; and advanced optics, such as fiber and precision optics used in projection displays, crystal materials and components for optical communications, filters and assemblies for life sciences, sensors, instrumentation, and semiconductor equipment, as well as ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near-infrared spectroscopy optics for industrial lasers. The Materials segments provides laser optics and accessories; infrared thermal imaging optics and assemblies; polycrystalline materials; thermoelectric components, subassemblies, and systems; ceramic and metal-matrix composite products; semiconductor lasers and laser bars; Q-switched laser modules, uncooled pump laser modules, and laser systems for superhard materials processing; laser processing heads and beam delivery systems; EELs, VCSELs, and detectors; pumps for amplifiers; precision optical assemblies, infrared optics, thin-film coatings and optical materials; optical solutions; and integrated circuits for transceivers. The Lasers segment offers UV gas and solid-state lasers; UV optical systems, line beams, and mask-based imaging systems; UV nanosecond lasers; continuous-wave lasers and systems; amplifiers; subsystems and standard systems; IR lasers; crystals and diode lasers, and specialty polishing and coating solutions. The company was formerly known as II-VI Incorporated and changed its name to Coherent Corp. in September 2022. Coherent Corp. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania.

Lumentum NASDAQ:LITE

$881.26 +33.89 (+4.00%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Lumentum Holdings Inc. manufactures and sells optical and photonic products in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments: Optical Communications (OpComms) and Commercial Lasers (Lasers). The OpComms segment offers components, modules, and subsystems that enable the transmission and transport of video, audio, and data over high-capacity fiber optic cables. It offers tunable transponders, transceivers, and transmitter modules; tunable lasers, receivers, and modulators; transport products, such as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, amplifiers, and optical channel monitors, as well as components, including 980nm, multi-mode, and Raman pumps; and switches, attenuators, photodetectors, gain flattening filters, isolators, wavelength-division multiplexing filters, arrayed waveguide gratings, multiplex/de-multiplexers, and integrated passive modules. This segment also provides Super Transport Blade, which integrates optical transport functions into a single-slot blade; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; directly modulated and electro-absorption modulated lasers; and laser illumination sources for 3D sensing systems. It serves customers in telecommunications, data communications, and consumer and industrial markets. The Commercial Lasers segment offers diode-pumped solid-state, fiber, diode, direct-diode, and gas lasers, such as argon-ion and helium-neon lasers for use in original equipment manufacturer applications. It serves customers in markets and applications, such as sheet metal processing, general manufacturing, biotechnology, solar cell processing, graphics and imaging, remote sensing, and precision machining. Lumentum Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

MKS NASDAQ:MKSI

$260.31 +10.66 (+4.27%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

MKS Instruments, Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, and internationally. It operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments. The VSD segment provides foundational technology solutions, including pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, and vacuum technology. The PSD segment offers range of solutions, which include lasers, beam measurement and profiling, precision motion control, vibration isolation systems, photonics instruments, temperature sensing, opto-mechanical components, optical elements, systems for flexible PCB laser processing, and laser-based systems, as well as high density interconnect PCB and package manufacturing. The MSD segment develops, process, and manufactures technologies comprising advanced surface modification, electroless and electrolytic plating, and surface finishing for chemistry, equipment, software, and services markets, as well as high-technology applications. In addition, the company sells its products and services through direct sales, network of independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as websites, including product catalogs. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

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