NASDAQ:COHRCoherent Stock Price, Forecast & News

Coherent's stock was trading at $116.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, COHR shares have increased by 10.9% and is now trading at $129.63. 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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) 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 positive return on equity of 4.99% and a negative net margin of 32.25%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.61 EPS. View Coherent's earnings history.

8 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Coherent's shares. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $205.00. On average, they expect Coherent's share price to reach $167.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Coherent.

Media headlines about COHR stock have trended positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Coherent earned a news sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Coherent.

Coherent saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,040,000 shares, a decline of 6.3% from the June 15th total of 1,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 184,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 4.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Coherent's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Coherent investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Lam Research (LRCX), Applied Materials (AMAT), Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU), Adobe (ADBE), Universal Display (OLED), Paypal (PYPL) and Alphabet (GOOG).

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

Coherent's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robecosam AG (0.78%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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 Robecosam AG. 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View insider buying and selling activity for Coherent.

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One share of COHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.63.

Coherent has a market capitalization of $3.14 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.