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Coherent (Coherent) EBITDA : $242 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2022)


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What is Coherent EBITDA?

Coherent's EBITDA for the three months ended in Mar. 2022 was $69 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 was $242 Mil.

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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of Coherent was 56.30% per year. The lowest was -34.60% per year. And the median was 9.80% per year.

Coherent's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2022 was $2.77. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 was $9.75.

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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Coherent was 56.90% per year. The lowest was -36.20% per year. And the median was 7.50% per year.


Coherent EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coherent's EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Coherent EBITDA Chart

Coherent Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21
EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 440.66 500.78 195.56 -332.82 -23.32

Coherent Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -176.36 62.28 53.98 56.61 69.03

Competitive Comparison of Coherent's EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Coherent's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Coherent's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Coherent's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Coherent's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Coherent's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Coherent's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Sep. 2021, Coherent's EBITDA was $-23 Mil.

Coherent's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as

Coherent's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Mar. 2022, Coherent's EBITDA was $69 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $242 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sometimes companies may have already deducted Depreciation and Amortization from Gross Profit. In this case Depreciation and Amortization needs to be added back when calculating EBITDA.

Coherent  (NAS:COHR) EBITDA Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals Operating Income. Operating Income is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.

While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.

The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.

EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:

Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners

EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses.. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.

A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.

Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.


Be Aware

Although depreciation is not a cash cost it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.

EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies. Also Price-to-EBITDA is sometimes used in valuations.


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Coherent (Coherent) Business Description

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5100 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Coherent Inc supplies photonics-based solutions for commercial and scientific research applications. The firm operates in two segments: OEM Laser Sources and Industrial Lasers & Systems. The OEM Laser Sources segment develops and manufactures products for the microelectronics, scientific research, government, and original equipment manufacturer markets. This business contributes the majority of revenue. The Industrial Lasers & Systems segment makes products for the materials processing, OEM components and instrumentation, and microelectronics markets, with a focus on higher-volume products that are sold in set configurations. The majority of Coherent's revenue is generated outside of the United States.
Executives
Kevin S. Palatnik officer: Chief Financial Officer 2655 SEELY AVENUE, BLDG. 5, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Jay T Flatley director 9885 TOWNE CENTRE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Pamela Fletcher director C/O COHERENT, INC., 5100 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Beverly Kay Matthews director C/O COHERENT, INC., 5100 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Sandeep Vij director C/O XILINX INC, 2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
Michael R. Mcmullen director 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., MS 1A-LC, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Stephen A Skaggs director 5555 NE MOORE CT., HILLSBORO OR 97124
Andreas W Mattes director, officer: President and CEO C/O DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED, 5995 MAYFAIR RD, NORTH CANTON OH 44720
Garry W Rogerson director 3120 HANSEN WAY, PALO ALTO CA 943041030
Mark Stewart Sobey officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Bret Dimarco officer: Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer PO BOX 54980 SANTA CLARA CA 95056-0980
Paul F Sechrist officer: EVP Worldwide Sales & Services 5100 PATRICK HENRY DR SANTA CLARA CA 95054
John Ambroseo director, officer: Pres. & CEO
Luis Spinelli officer: Exec VP, CTO P O BOX 54980 SANTA CLARA CA 950560980
Susan M. James director COHERENT, INC., P. O. BOX 54980, SANTA CLARA CA 95056-0980