Coherent Corp. (COHR) is Surging This Much — Here’s Why Angelica Ballesteros Mon, November 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM EST 2 min read COHR +16.13% ^IXIC +2.74% ^GSPC +2.35% ^DJI +2.15% Trade COHR on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Coherent Corp. (NYSE:COHR) is one of the 10 Stocks With Easy 15-38% Gains.
Coherent Corp. extended gains for a second day on Monday, climbing 16.79 percent to close at $225.19 apiece, as investors continued to hunt for bargains following last week's sharp fall, with sentiment supported by wider market optimism.
The stock climbed alongside Wall Street's three major indices, with the Nasdaq leading the charge, jumping 2.74 percent, followed by the S&P 500 increasing 2.35 percent, and the Dow Jones up 2.15 percent.
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The rally was likewise supported by its strong earnings performance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, with attributable net earnings soaring 70 percent year-on-year to $385 million from $226 million, as revenues surged by 50 percent to $2.37 billion from $1.581 billion over the same period.
"As AI data centers transition from copper to optical connectivity, Coherent's broad photonics platform and manufacturing scale position us to help customers meet rising needs for bandwidth and energy efficiency. We expect fiscal 2027 pro forma revenue growth to exceed 60 percent," Coherent Corp. (NYSE:COHR) CEO Jim Anderson said.
For the second quarter ending December, Coherent Corp. (NYSE:COHR) is targeting revenues in the range of $2.55 billion to $2.75 billion. Earnings per share are projected at $2.28 to $2.48.
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