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Coherent’s second quarter results for 2026 surpassed Wall Street’s revenue and profit expectations, yet the market responded negatively. Management identified exceptional demand in the data center and communications segments, with CEO James Anderson attributing the growth to a surge in AI-driven optical networking and ongoing production capacity expansion, particularly in their 6-inch Indium Phosphide lines. CFO Sherri Luther emphasized improved cost structure and greater operating leverage as a

COHR is accelerating AI optics capacity, with faster 1.6T and 6-inch InP ramps, new revenue streams and fiscal 2027 demand essentially booked.

Moby summary of Coherent, Inc.'s Q4 2026 earnings call

Q4 REVENUE OF $2.05B, INCREASED 34% Y/Y AND 42% Y/Y ON A PRO FORMA BASISQ4 GAAP GROSS MARGIN OF 38.5%, INCREASED 277 bps Y/Y; Q4 NON-GAAP GROSS MARGIN OF 40.2%, INCREASED 215 bps Y/YQ4 GAAP EPS OF $1.19, INCREASED $2.02 Y/Y; Q4 NON-GAAP EPS OF $1.74, INCREASED $0.74 Y/Y SAXONBURG, Pa., Aug. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) (“Coherent,” “We,” or the “Company”), a global leader in photonics, announced financial results today for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year fisca

Uviquity, a deep-tech company building integrated photonics on an aluminum nitride (AlN) platform for quantum and ultraviolet applications, today announced that Dr. Vincent D. ("Chuck") Mattera, Jr., Founder and CEO of Avalanche Thinking, Inc. and former Chair and CEO of Coherent Corp., has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor. In this role, Dr. Mattera will advise Uviquity's leadership team as the company scales its AlN photonics platform and accelerates commercialization.