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Coherent (Coherent) Graham Number : $58.69 (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is Coherent Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-26), the stock price of Coherent is $266.22. Coherent's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $58.69. Therefore, Coherent's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.54.

The historical rank and industry rank for Coherent's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

COHR' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.7   Med: 1.56   Max: 7.57
Current: 4.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Coherent was 7.57. The lowest was 0.70. And the median was 1.56.

COHR's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.5 vs COHR: 4.54

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Coherent Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coherent's Graham Number 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 Graham Number Chart

Coherent Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 65.37 81.97 40.12 - -

Coherent Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
Graham Number 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 - - - - 58.69

Competitive Comparison of Coherent's Graham Number

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Coherent's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number 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 Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Coherent's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Coherent Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

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

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*30.491*-4.38)
=N/A

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

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*33.065*4.63)
=58.69

* 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.


Coherent  (NAS:COHR) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Coherent's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2022 )
=266.22/58.69
=4.54

* 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.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Coherent (Coherent) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
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