Needham slashes price target on Coherent Corp [COHR] – find out why.

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Coherent Corp [NYSE: COHR] traded at a high on 2025-06-25, posting a 5.77 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $3520000.0.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 5394930 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Coherent Corp stands at 3.16% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.92%.

The market cap for COHR stock reached $13.31 billion, with 155.35 million shares outstanding and 153.67 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.52M shares, COHR reached a trading volume of 5394930 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Coherent Corp [COHR]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for COHR shares is $96.06 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on COHR stock is a recommendation set at 1.48. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Needham have made an estimate for Coherent Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on April 28, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on April 07, 2025, representing the official price target for Coherent Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $85, while Rosenblatt analysts kept a Buy rating on COHR stock. On March 24, 2025, analysts decreased their price target for COHR shares from 110 to 91.

The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.49, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.85. Price to Free Cash Flow for COHR in the course of the last twelve months was 51.94 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.54.

How has COHR stock performed recently?

Coherent Corp [COHR] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.35. With this latest performance, COHR shares gained by 9.14% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -10.97% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -9.61% in the past year of trading.

Coherent Corp [COHR]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Coherent Corp [COHR] shares currently have an operating margin of 9.87% and a Gross Margin at 35.58%. Coherent Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -0.57%.

Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 0.67%, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.67%.

Earnings analysis for Coherent Corp [COHR]

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for COHR. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Coherent Corp go to 50.58%.

Insider trade positions for Coherent Corp [COHR]

There are presently around $94.45%, or 95.53% of COHR stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of COHR stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 15.41 million shares, which is approximately 10.0966%. DODGE & COX, holding 14.01 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.02 billion in COHR stocks shares; and DODGE & COX, currently with $$890.76 million in COHR stock with ownership which is approximately 8.0557%.

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