COHERENT CORP. vs TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC, two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COHR and TT diverge most: on fcf yield, COHR reads -1.1% and TT reads 3.5%; on ev/ebitda, COHR reads 1002.5 and TT reads 26.6. 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 TT'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 | TT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $262.28 | $455.05 |
| Market cap | $51.5B | $101.2B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +25.6% |
| P/E | 124.3 | 34.5 |
| P/B | 4.68 | 11.71 |
| P/S | 7.80 | 4.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 1002.5 | 26.6 |
| Revenue growth | +17.9% | +6.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 19.3% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 13.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 34.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.7% | 12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 23.7% |
| FCF yield | -1.1% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.53 |
| Current ratio | 3.05 | 1.07 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.70 | 5.72 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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