COHERENT CORP. vs KLA CORPORATION, two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COHR and KLAC diverge most: on fcf yield, COHR reads -1.1% and KLAC reads 1.7%; on return on equity, COHR reads 4.3% and KLAC reads 80.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COHR's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What KLAC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COHR | KLAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $262.28 | $182.68 |
| Market cap | $51.5B | $240.7B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 124.3 | 51.7 |
| P/B | 4.68 | 41.28 |
| P/S | 7.80 | 18.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 1002.5 | 2523.1 |
| Revenue growth | +17.9% | +13.8% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 35.7% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 80.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.7% | 27.7% |
| FCF yield | -1.1% | 1.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 1.01 |
| Current ratio | 3.05 | 3.03 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.70 | 7.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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