NASDAQ:COHRCoherent Stock Price, Forecast & News

Coherent's stock was trading at $116.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COHR shares have increased by 33.7% and is now trading at $156.22. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Coherent in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Coherent.

Coherent is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Coherent.

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.09. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $293.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $305.64 million. Coherent had a negative net margin of 32.25% and a positive return on equity of 4.99%. Coherent's revenue was down 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.61 earnings per share. View Coherent's earnings history.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Coherent's shares. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $205.00. On average, they expect Coherent's stock price to reach $167.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Coherent.

Media coverage about COHR stock has been trending positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Coherent earned a daily sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutCoherent.

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Coherent trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "COHR."

Coherent's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (12.59%), BlackRock Inc. (9.14%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.88%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (3.98%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (3.79%) and Invesco Ltd. (3.22%). Company insiders that own Coherent stock include Mark Stewart Sobey, Pamela Fletcher and Stephen A Skaggs. View institutional ownership trends for Coherent.

COHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., NWQ Investment Management Company LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Coherent company stock in the last year include Mark Stewart Sobey, and Stephen A Skaggs. View insider buying and selling activity for Coherent.

COHR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Channing Capital Management LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Invesco Ltd., Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd., Robecosam AG, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. View insider buying and selling activity for Coherent.

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One share of COHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $156.22.

Coherent has a market capitalization of $3.79 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $53.83 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.89 on an earnings per share basis. Coherent employs 5,184 workers across the globe.

The official website for Coherent is www.coherent.com.

Coherent's mailing address is 5100 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara CA, 95054. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at 408-764-4000.