Coherent Corp. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Coherent Corp. had return on equity of 9.7%, a net margin of 11.3%, debt equal to 29.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.43. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Coherent Corp.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Jun 2010	2011Jun 2011	2012Jun 2012	2013Jun 2013	2014Jun 2014	2015Jun 2015	2016Jun 2016	2017Jun 2017	2018Jun 2018	2019Jun 2019	2020Jun 2020	2021Jun 2021	2022Jun 2022	2023Jun 2023	2024Jun 2024	2025Jun 2025	2026Jun 2026
Gross margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.8%	40.0%	39.9%	38.3%	33.2%	37.9%	38.2%	31.4%	30.9%	35.2%	37.5%
Operating margin	—	—	15.8%	13.0%	6.8%	10.4%	11.1%	11.9%	11.8%	10.9%	1.7%	12.9%	12.5%	−0.7%	2.0%	—	—
Net margin	11.2%	16.4%	11.7%	9.2%	5.6%	8.9%	7.9%	9.8%	7.6%	7.9%	−2.8%	9.6%	7.1%	−5.0%	−3.3%	0.8%	11.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	17.0%	6.5%	8.8%	15.0%	9.7%	10.4%	7.8%	−2.0%	0.7%	3.0%	6.7%	13.8%	3.0%	3.8%	4.2%	3.3%	−14.4%
Return on equity	9.4%	17.8%	10.9%	8.3%	5.9%	9.4%	8.7%	11.3%	9.1%	10.0%	−4.2%	10.9%	6.7%	−6.0%	−3.1%	0.9%	9.7%
Return on assets	7.6%	14.3%	8.9%	6.5%	4.0%	6.2%	5.8%	7.1%	5.4%	5.8%	−1.9%	5.1%	3.3%	−2.4%	−1.1%	0.3%	4.8%
Asset turnover	0.68	0.87	0.76	0.70	0.71	0.70	0.73	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.66	0.53	0.46	0.48	0.33	0.40	0.43
Current ratio	3.94	4.35	4.90	4.88	3.74	3.69	3.40	3.80	3.22	3.00	2.66	4.15	3.40	3.01	2.72	2.19	2.43
Debt to equity	0.8%	13.2%	10.7%	17.9%	35.8%	24.1%	30.2%	38.0%	48.5%	45.1%	112.8%	41.6%	64.3%	88.2%	80.0%	66.2%	29.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	—	—	61.6x	10.4x	19.9x	29.8x	17.0x	7.5x	6.6x	0.4x	6.7x	3.4x	n/m	—	—	—
Effective tax rate	24.5%	18.4%	20.1%	24.2%	16.0%	16.6%	27.2%	19.8%	28.0%	16.5%	—	15.6%	16.7%	—	—	68.1%	7.2%
R&D as % of revenue	3.4%	3.2%	4.1%	4.1%	6.2%	6.9%	7.3%	10.0%	10.1%	10.2%	14.2%	10.6%	11.4%	9.7%	10.2%	10.0%	10.2%
SG&A as % of revenue	20.6%	18.3%	19.1%	19.8%	20.2%	19.3%	19.4%	18.1%	18.0%	17.1%	17.3%	14.3%	14.3%	20.1%	18.1%	15.9%	14.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue	4.0%	8.1%	8.3%	4.6%	4.3%	7.1%	7.0%	14.3%	13.2%	10.1%	5.8%	4.7%	9.5%	8.5%	7.4%	7.6%	15.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	151.9%	39.5%	75.1%	162.2%	172.3%	116.8%	99.0%	−20.9%	8.6%	38.5%	—	143.8%	42.2%	—	—	390.5%	−127.1%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	6.8%	14.7%	—	—	23.2%	1.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	11.0%	24.2%	30.2%	16.5%	9.7%	—	658.3%	3.9%	1.0%	4.7%	34.9%	13.9%	0.0%	5.9%	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Coherent Corp.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q1Sept 2024	2025 Q2Dec 2024	2025 Q3Mar 2025	2025 Q4Jun 2025	2026 Q1Sept 2025	2026 Q2Dec 2025	2026 Q3Mar 2026	2026 Q4Jun 2026
Gross margin	34.1%	35.5%	35.2%	35.7%	36.6%	36.9%	37.7%	38.5%
Net margin	1.9%	7.2%	1.0%	−6.3%	14.3%	8.7%	10.6%	11.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	4.5%	5.7%	3.4%	−0.1%	−3.7%	−5.7%	−21.2%	−23.8%
Current ratio	2.67	2.67	2.47	2.19	2.33	2.25	3.05	2.43
Debt to equity	72.5%	74.7%	69.7%	65.3%	56.7%	39.3%	29.9%	29.6%
R&D as % of revenue	9.8%	10.0%	10.1%	10.2%	9.8%	9.8%	10.3%	10.6%
SG&A as % of revenue	17.0%	15.4%	15.5%	16.0%	15.9%	15.3%	14.8%	13.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $18.3bn

Short-term assets $6.9bnLonger-term assets $11.4bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $18.0bn

Short-term liabilities $2.9bnLonger-term liabilities $4.2bnShareholders' equity $10.9bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $6.9bn of assets due within a year against $2.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $6.9bn short-term assets against $4.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $1.2bn of cash against $3.2bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 30% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 27% to 30% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $80m of operating cash flow against $3.2bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Coherent Corp.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

37 /100

Weak moat

How hard Coherent's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 8 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 7.3% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 12 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 37.8%, moving by 3.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 2 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 11.0%; its worst year was -0.7%.
Cash conversion 10 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 3.2% of revenue.
Discipline 9 / 20

The diluted share count rose 69.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (42 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Coherent Corp.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Coherent Corp.