COHERENT CORP. vs Waters Corporation, two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COHR and WAT diverge most: on fcf yield, COHR reads -1.7% and WAT reads 0.9%; on return on equity, COHR reads 7.2% and WAT reads 1.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COHR's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COHR | WAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $312.60 | $433.68 |
| Market cap | $61.4B | $42.6B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 75.9 | 108.2 |
| P/B | 5.46 | 2.80 |
| P/S | 8.62 | 9.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 190.5 | 56.3 |
| Revenue growth | +22.3% | +54.9% |
| Operating margin | — | -5.2% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 3.6% |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 1.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 1.3% |
| FCF yield | -1.7% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | 2.43 | 1.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.98 | 3.53 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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