secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COHERENT CORP. (COHR)
CIK:        0000820318
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-266951
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Coherent Q1 FY2026 revenue $1.58B (+17% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.19, non-GAAP EPS $1.16
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- Revenue $1.58B, up 17% YoY; on pro forma basis up 19% adjusted for Aerospace & Defense sale.
- GAAP gross margin 36.6% (up 249 bps YoY); non-GAAP gross margin 38.7% (up 200 bps).
- GAAP EPS $1.19 (vs. -$0.04 YoY); non-GAAP EPS $1.16 (up $0.49 YoY).
- Paid down $400M of debt during quarter; refinanced debt to reduce interest expense.
- CEO cites strong AI-related datacenter and communications demand driving growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312525266951/0001193125-25-266951-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312525266951/d27982d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-266951

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