Coherent Corp vs Fortive Corp

Coherent Corp (COHR) is slightly undervalued and Fortive Corp (FTV) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, COHR trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +16%, against -170% for FTV.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Coherent Corp (COHR)

A 10.4x revenue multiple, adjusted for growth and margin, values the shares at $367.54; the price of $310.39 is 16% below that value.

Leak Score 50/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Fortive Corp (FTV)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $20.74; the price of $55.95 is 170% above that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 27/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricCOHRFTV
VerdictSlightly undervaluedOvervalued
Price$310.39$55.95
Intrinsic value$367.54$20.74
Margin of safety+16%-170%
Leak Score50/100 (9/12)27/100 (3/12)
Market cap$60.8B$16.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years18.0%-2.1%
Operating margin13.8%18.2%
Net margin10.8%12.4%
Return on equity8.5%7.3%
Debt to equity0.330.58
P/E75.5x33.0x
Forward P/E22.1x17.2x
P/B5.6x2.8x
Dividend yield0.0%0.4%

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