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Coherent stock: B. Riley cut target for Coherent stock to USD 297

Published on 10/20/2026 at 17:26 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Results are due November 4, 2026 after the NYSE close. Coherent stock costs EUR 208.15 on October 20, 2026, 44.55 percent below its high.

Analyst target and reporting date

B. Riley cut its Coherent target from USD 345.00 to USD 297.00 on October 15, 2026.
Coherent stock stood 44.55 percent below its EUR 375.40 52-week high on October 20, 2026.
Coherent stock costs EUR 208.15 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026 at 5:11 p.m. CEST, 44.55 percent below its 52-week high.
Coherent is scheduled to report fiscal 2027 first-quarter results on November 4, 2026, after the NYSE close.

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B. Riley cut its price target for Coherent from USD 345.00 to USD 297.00 on October 15, 2026, while keeping a Neutral rating, according to Markets Insider. The revised target puts the latest analyst debate beside a sharp retreat from Coherent's yearly high. At Lang & Schwarz, Coherent stock stood at EUR 208.15 on October 20, 2026 at 5:11 p.m. CEST.

B. Riley trims its target

The change took the target from USD 345.00 to USD 297.00, a reduction of 13.91 percent. B. Riley attributed the cut to severe multiple compression among AI-related optical stocks, while retaining its Neutral view, Markets Insider reported on October 15, 2026.

Stock remains below its yearly high

The euro quotation was 44.55 percent below the 52-week high of EUR 375.40 and above the 52-week low of EUR 98.60 on October 20, 2026. Coherent's primary listing is on the NYSE, where the stock was quoted at USD 233.87 at 11:25 a.m. ET on October 20, 2026. The same quote showed a market capitalization of USD 46.1 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.87 and volume of 3,045,964 shares.

Valuation meets a firm reporting date

Coherent is scheduled to release fiscal 2027 first-quarter results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, after the NYSE close on November 4, 2026. The company will hold its results webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET, according to Coherent. That date gives investors a defined checkpoint for demand across datacenter, communications and industrial markets.

Comparison with peers

Coherent: price-to-earnings ratio 56.87, market capitalization USD 46.1 billion, NYSE, October 20, 2026. Lumentum: down 0.78 percent, price-to-earnings ratio minus 8.88, market capitalization USD 75.0 billion, Nasdaq, October 20, 2026. Vertiv: down 0.37 percent, price-to-earnings ratio 46.29, market capitalization USD 79.0 billion, NYSE, October 20, 2026.

What comes next on November 4?

The next material date is the fiscal 2027 first-quarter release on November 4, 2026, followed by the 4:30 p.m. ET webcast. The company website describes Coherent as a supplier of optical connectivity, photonics and engineered materials for datacenter, communications and industrial applications.

Coherent stock stays below its high

Coherent stock was trading at EUR 208.15 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026 at 5:11 p.m. CEST, with the quotation 44.55 percent below the 52-week high of EUR 375.40.

The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Coherent stock.