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Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>Coherent Corp. recently held a discussion about its first-quarter financial results for fiscal year 2025, presenting a mixed performance marked by notable progress in key areas and challenges in others.</li><li>The company reported a 28% year-over-year revenue increase, reaching $1.35 billion, driven by strong demand for AI-related datacom transceivers and improved performance in the telecom sector.</li><li>Sequential revenue growth highlights the momentum in these segments.</li></ul>

Coherent Corp. recently held a discussion about its first-quarter financial results for fiscal year 2025, presenting a mixed performance marked by notable progress in key areas and challenges in others.The company reported a 28% year-over-year revenue increase, reaching $1.35 billion, driven by strong demand for AI-related datacom transceivers and improved performance in the telecom sector.Sequential revenue growth highlights the momentum in these segments.

Coherent Corp: Expanding Data Center Capabilities For A Possibly Unmatched Revenue Impact! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Coherent Corp. concluded its fiscal year 2024 with financial results reflecting a positive trajectory, showing a 9% sequential and year-over-year revenue growth primarily driven by robust demand in datacom transceivers for AI data-centric deployments.</li><li>This was further accentuated by Non-GAAP gross margin expansion of 145 basis points compared to the previous quarter, underpinned by resolution of prior transitory issues and a substantial growth in Non-GAAP EPS by 16% sequentially and almost 50% year-over-year.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

Coherent Corp. concluded its fiscal year 2024 with financial results reflecting a positive trajectory, showing a 9% sequential and year-over-year revenue growth primarily driven by robust demand in datacom transceivers for AI data-centric deployments.This was further accentuated by Non-GAAP gross margin expansion of 145 basis points compared to the previous quarter, underpinned by resolution of prior transitory issues and a substantial growth in Non-GAAP EPS by 16% sequentially and almost 50% year-over-year.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

Coherent Corp.: How Is The Management Executing Portfolio Optimization and Operational Execution Improvements! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Coherent Corp. reported a solid third-quarter performance for Fiscal Year 2024, signaling strong underlying business dynamics despite some operational hitches.</li><li>The company emphasized a noteworthy sequential revenue increase of almost 7% and an almost 50% rise in non-GAAP EPS which marked significant growth.</li><li>Operating cash flow stood robust at $117 million, with a substantial portion directed towards capital investments and debt repayment.</li></ul>

Coherent Corp. reported a solid third-quarter performance for Fiscal Year 2024, signaling strong underlying business dynamics despite some operational hitches.The company emphasized a noteworthy sequential revenue increase of almost 7% and an almost 50% rise in non-GAAP EPS which marked significant growth.Operating cash flow stood robust at $117 million, with a substantial portion directed towards capital investments and debt repayment.

Coherent Corp: Expansion and Diversification in Telecom and Datacom Optics & Other Major Drivers

<ul><li>Coherent Corp.'s second quarter fiscal 2024 earnings demonstrated signs of gradual improvement in its financial performance, furthering confidence in its outlook for growth and profitability.</li><li>They reported solid sequential growth in both revenue and margins.</li><li>Significant developments from Q2 include increasing gross and operating margins and improving demand across its communications and industrial markets.</li></ul>

Coherent Corp.'s second quarter fiscal 2024 earnings demonstrated signs of gradual improvement in its financial performance, furthering confidence in its outlook for growth and profitability.They reported solid sequential growth in both revenue and margins.Significant developments from Q2 include increasing gross and operating margins and improving demand across its communications and industrial markets.

Coherent Corp.: Launch of New WaveShaper Instruments For U- And Super C-Bands & Other Major Developments

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<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/entegris-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12493" rel="noopener">Entegris Inc (ENTG US)</a> - Memory spending is happening next year, but MSI remains weak.</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/astera-labs-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40921" rel="noopener">Astera Labs (ALAB US)</a> - This is now the second way to play a levered Trainium ramp, as they have extensive content with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amazon-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:409" rel="noopener">Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US)</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lattice-semiconductor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7855" rel="noopener">Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC US)</a> - Standard kitchen sink; I like the stock long-term.</li></ul>

Entegris Inc (ENTG US) - Memory spending is happening next year, but MSI remains weak.Astera Labs (ALAB US) - This is now the second way to play a levered Trainium ramp, as they have extensive content with Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US).Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC US) - Standard kitchen sink; I like the stock long-term.

Earnings: ENTG, ALAB, LSCC, SITM, QCOM, MCHP, WOLF, ARM, ACLS, AAOI, ANET, LITE, COHR

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Coherent, Inc. is a global company that manufactures and sells a variety of laser-based photonic products.  The Company's products are used in manufacturing and instrumentation applications that include optical telecommunication, semiconductor manufacturing, inspection and test, advance packaging, and reprographics.  The electro-optical market consists of Fortune 500 customers.

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Coherent Corp.: How Is The Management Executing Portfolio Optimization and Operational Execution Improvements! - Major Drivers

Coherent Corp. concluded its fiscal year 2024 with financial results reflecting a positive trajectory, showing a 9% sequential and year-over-year...

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Coherent Corp: Expansion and Diversification in Telecom and Datacom Optics & Other Major Drivers

Coherent Corp. reported a solid third-quarter performance for Fiscal Year 2024, signaling strong underlying business dynamics despite some...

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Coherent Corp.: Launch of New WaveShaper Instruments For U- And Super C-Bands & Other Major Developments

Coherent Corp.'s second quarter fiscal 2024 earnings demonstrated signs of gradual improvement in its financial performance, furthering confidence...

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Earnings: ENTG, ALAB, LSCC, SITM, QCOM, MCHP, WOLF, ARM, ACLS, AAOI, ANET, LITE, COHR

What a week (I’m a bit late on this)! I wanted to give a quick overview of all the companies that reported last week. Lattice Semiconductor -...

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