AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. vs COHERENT CORP., two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where A and COHR diverge most: on fcf yield, A reads 2.8% and COHR reads -1.1%; on ev/ebitda, A reads 25.1 and COHR reads 1002.5. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COHR's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | A | COHR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $138.35 | $262.28 |
| Market cap | $39.2B | $51.5B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 27.8 | 124.3 |
| P/B | 5.50 | 4.68 |
| P/S | 5.41 | 7.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.1 | 1002.5 |
| Revenue growth | +9.1% | +17.9% |
| Operating margin | 21.7% | — |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity | 19.9% | 4.3% |
| Return on assets | 10.8% | 2.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.3% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | -1.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.47 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 2.10 | 3.05 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.02 | 5.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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