Q3 GAAP GROSS MARGIN OF 37.7%, INCREASED 243 bps Y/Y; Q3 NON-GAAP GROSS MARGIN OF 39.6%, INCREASED 105 bps Y/Y
Q3 GAAP EPS OF $0.97, INCREASED $1.08 Y/Y; Q3 NON-GAAP EPS OF $1.41, INCREASED $0.50 Y/Y
SAXONBURG, Pa., May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE:COHR) ("Coherent," "We," or the "Company"), a global leader in photonics, announced financial results today for its third quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended March 31, 2026.
Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was $1.81 billion, with GAAP gross margin of 37.7% and GAAP net income of $0.97 per diluted share. On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin was 39.6% with net income per diluted share of $1.41.
"We delivered another quarter of strong financial performance, with accelerating revenue growth, expanding margins, and improving profitability, driven by exceptionally strong demand across our datacenter and communications businesses," said Jim Anderson, CEO. "As AI datacenter infrastructure continues to scale, we are rapidly expanding capacity to meet demand. With the breadth of our photonic technology portfolio and our manufacturing scale, we believe Coherent is uniquely well positioned to capitalize on this multi-year growth opportunity."
Sherri Luther, CFO, said, "Significant revenue growth together with gross margin expansion drove a year-over-year increase in our GAAP and non-GAAP EPS. We remain focused on ramping our capital investment to drive increased capacity given our strong visibility into ongoing robust demand."
Selected Third Quarter Financial Results and Comparisons (in millions, except percentages and per share data)
Table 1
GAAP Financial Results (unaudited)
Q3 FY26
Q2 FY26
Q3 FY25
Q/Q
Y/Y
Q3 FY26YTD
Q3 FY25YTD
YTD/YTD
Revenues
$
1,806
$
1,686
$
1,498
7.1%
20.5%
$
5,073
$
4,281
18.5%
Gross Margin %
37.7
%
36.9
%
35.2
%
71 bps
243 bps
37.1
%
35.0
%
213 bps
R&D Expense %
10.3
%
9.8
%
10.1
%
47 bps
24 bps
10.0
%
10.0
%
3 bps
SG&A Expense %
14.8
%
15.3
%
15.5
%
(51) bps
(63) bps
15.3
%
15.9
%
(57) bps
Operating Expenses
$
479
$
439
$
456
9.2%
5.1%
$
1,238
$
1,213
2.0%
Operating Income(1)
$
201
$
184
$
72
9.1%
179.7%
$
644
$
284
126.9%
Operating Margin
11.1
%
10.9
%
4.8
%
20 bps
633 bps
12.7
%
6.6
%
606 bps
Net Earnings Attributable to Coherent Corp.
$
191
$
147
$
16
30.0%
1117.6%
$
564
$
145
289.3%
Diluted Earnings Per Share
$
0.97
$
0.76
$
(0.11
)
$
0.21
$
1.08
$
2.92
$
0.30
$
2.62
(1) Operating Income is defined as earnings (loss) before income taxes, interest expense, and other expense or income, net.
Selected Third Quarter Financial Results and Comparisons (in millions, except percentages and per share data)
Table 1, continued
Non-GAAP Financial Results (unaudited)(1)(2)
Q3 FY26
Q2 FY26
Q3 FY25
Q/Q
Y/Y
Q3 FY26 YTD
Q3 FY25 YTD
YTD/YTD
Revenues
$
1,806
$
1,686
$
1,498
7.1%
20.5%
$
5,073
$
4,281
18.5%
Gross Margin %
39.6
%
39.0
%
38.5
%
57 bps
105 bps
39.1
%
37.8
%
126 bps
R&D Expense %
9.9
%
9.4
%
9.4
%
46 bps
45 bps
9.6
%
9.5
%
11 bps
SG&A Expense %
9.4
%
9.6
%
10.4
%
(23) bps
(104) bps
9.6
%
10.6
%
(98) bps
Operating Expenses
$
348
$
321
$
297
8.4%
17.0%
$
973
$
858
13.3%
Operating Income
$
366
$
336
$
279
8.9%
31.1%
$
1,011
$
762
32.7%
Operating Margin
20.3
%
19.9
%
18.6
%
34 bps
163 bps
19.9
%
17.8
%
214 bps
Net Earnings Attributable to Coherent Corp.
$
276
$
248
$
177
11.3%
55.9%
$
745
$
500
49.0%
Diluted Earnings Per Share
$
1.41
$
1.29
$
0.91
$
0.12
$
0.50
$
3.86
$
2.53
$
1.33
(1) During the second fiscal quarter of 2025, the Company refined its methodology to report non-GAAP measures. The change does not impact the Company's financial position, cash flows, or GAAP consolidated results of operations. Prior period non-GAAP financial measures presented in this press release have been recast to conform to the current presentation.
(2) The Company has disclosed financial measurements in this earnings release that present financial information that are considered to be non-GAAP financial measures. These measurements are not a substitute for GAAP measurements, although the Company's management uses these measurements as an aid in monitoring the Company's on-going financial performance. The non-GAAP net earnings attributable to Coherent Corp., the non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, the non-GAAP operating income, the non-GAAP gross margin, the non-GAAP research and development, the non-GAAP selling, general and administration, the non-GAAP operating expenses, the non-GAAP interest and other (income) expense, and the non-GAAP income taxes, measure earnings and operating income (loss), respectively, excluding non-recurring or unusual items that are considered by management to be outside the Company's standard operation and excluding certain non-cash items. There are limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures, including that such measures may not be entirely comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, due to potential differences among calculation methodologies. Thus, there can be no assurance whether (i) items excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures will occur in the future or (ii) there will be cash costs associated with items excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. The Company compensates for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by providing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors should consider adjusted measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. All non-GAAP amounts exclude certain adjustments for share-based compensation, acquired intangible amortization expense, restructuring charges (recoveries), impairments of assets held-for-sale, gains on sale of business, integration and site consolidation expenses, integration transaction expenses, and various one-time adjustments. See Table 6 for the Reconciliation of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures.
Business Outlook, Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2026(1)
Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between $1.91 billion and $2.05 billion.
Gross margin percentage for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between 39.0% and 41.0% on a non-GAAP basis.
Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 are expected to be between $360 million and $380 million on a non-GAAP basis.
Tax rate for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between 18% and 20% on a non-GAAP basis.
EPS for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between $1.52 and $1.72 on a non-GAAP basis.
(1) The Company has not provided a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP gross margin percentage, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP tax rate and non-GAAP earnings per share, because we cannot, without unreasonable efforts, forecast certain items required to develop comparable GAAP measures. These items include, without limitation, restructuring charges, integration, site consolidation and other expenses, foreign exchange gains (losses), and share based compensation expense. The variability of these items could significantly impact our future GAAP financial results and we believe that the inclusion of any such reconciliations would imply a degree or precision that could be confusing or misleading to investors.
Investor Conference Call / Webcast Details
Coherent will review the Company's financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2026 and business outlook on Wednesday, May 6, at 4:30 p.m. ET. A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations. The Company's financial guidance will be limited to the comments on its public quarterly earnings call and the public business outlook statements contained in this press release.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the conference call described above, the Company intends to file an investor presentation as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and to post the investor presentation on the Company's website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations/investor-presentations after market close on May 6, 2026. We also may, from time to time, post other important information for investors on our website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations. We intend to use our website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should review the Investor Relations page of our website referenced above, in addition to following the Company's press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls, presentations, and webcasts. Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of these documents through the Company's website referenced above. Copies of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC may be obtained free of charge on the Company's website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations/sec-filings. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the Company's website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not part of, this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements, estimates, and projections that constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined under U.S. federal securities laws, including our estimates and projections for our business outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, each of which is made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and relate to the Company's performance on a going-forward basis. The forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from its historical experience and our present expectations or projections.
The Company believes that all forward-looking statements made by it herein have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs, or projections as expressed in the forward-looking statements will actually occur or prove to be correct. In addition to general industry and global economic conditions, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements herein include but are not limited to: (i) the failure of any one or more of the assumptions stated herein to prove to be correct; (ii) changes in demand in the Company's end markets along with the Company's ability to respond to such market changes; (iii) our failure to accurately estimate customer demand and future sales and/or fluctuations in purchasing patterns of customers and end users; (iv) the ability of the Company to retain and hire key employees; (v) the terms of the Company's indebtedness and ability to service such debt (vi) the timely release of new products and acceptance of such new products by the market; (vii) the introduction of new products by competitors and other competitive responses; (viii) the risks to realizing the benefits of investments in R&D and commercialization of innovations; (ix) the risks that the Company's stock price will not trade in line with industrial technology leaders; (x) the impact of international conflict (such as the current armed conflict in the Middle East) and economic volatility in either domestic or foreign markets, including risks related to the impact of trade protection measures, such as import tariffs by the United States or retaliatory actions taken by other countries; and/or (xi) the risks relating to forward-looking statements and other "Risk Factors" identified from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which filings are available from the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, or otherwise.
About Coherent
Coherent is the global photonics leader. We harness photons to drive innovation. Industry leaders in the datacenter, communications, and industrial markets rely on Coherent's world-leading technology to fuel their own innovation and growth.
Founded in 1971 and operating in more than 20 countries, Coherent brings the industry's broadest, deepest technology stack; unmatched supply chain resilience; and global scale to help its customers solve their toughest technology challenges. For more information, please visit us at coherent.com.
Contact:
Paul SilversteinSenior VP, Investor Relations[email protected]
Table 2
Coherent Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings*
THREE MONTHS ENDED
$ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)
Mar 31, 2026
Dec 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
Revenues
$
1,805.6
$
1,685.6
$
1,497.9
Costs, Expenses & Other Expense (Income)
Cost of goods sold
1,125.7
1,062.8
970.2
Research and development
186.0
165.7
150.7
Selling, general and administrative
267.6
258.5
231.4
Restructuring charges
34.4
3.6
73.8
Impairment of assets held-for-sale
—
11.0
—
Gain on sale of business
(8.9
)
—
—
Interest expense
44.6
45.9
57.3
Other expense (income), net
(28.1
)
(29.9
)
4.6
Total Costs, Expenses, & Other Expense
1,621.3
1,517.6
1,488.0
Earnings Before Income Taxes
184.3
168.0
9.9
Income Taxes
2.7
24.2
8.1
Net Earnings
181.7
143.8
1.8
Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
(9.7
)
(2.9
)
(13.9
)
Net Earnings Attributable to Coherent Corp.
191.4
146.7
15.7
Less: Dividends on Preferred Stock
—
1.6
32.7
Net Earnings Available to the Common Shareholders
$
191.4
$
145.1
$
(17.0
)
Basic Earnings Per Share
$
1.01
$
0.87
$
(0.11
)
Diluted Earnings Per Share
$
0.97
$
0.76
$
(0.11
)
Average Shares Outstanding - Basic
190.2
167.5
155.2
Average Shares Outstanding - Diluted
196.4
192.8
155.2
*Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.
Table 2
Coherent Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings*
(Continued)
NINE MONTHS ENDED
$ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)
Mar 31, 2026
Mar 31, 2025
Revenues
$
5,072.6
$
4,280.7
Costs, Expenses & Other Expense (Income)
Cost of goods sold
3,190.7
2,783.5
Research and development
506.6
426.2
Selling, general and administrative
778.2
681.0
Restructuring charges
57.3
106.2
Impairment of assets held-for-sale
20.1
—
Gain on sale of business
(124.1
)
—
Interest expense
149.2
188.2
Other expense (income), net
(74.5
)
(62.0
)
Total Costs, Expenses, & Other Expense
4,503.4
4,123.1
Earnings Before Income Taxes
569.2
157.6
Income Taxes
18.5
29.4
Net Earnings
550.7
128.2
Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
(13.8
)
(16.8
)
Net Earnings Attributable to Coherent Corp.
564.5
