Coherent Corp vs Trimble Inc

Coherent Corp (COHR) is slightly undervalued and Trimble Inc (TRMB) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, COHR trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +16%, against -75% for TRMB.

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

Trimble Inc (TRMB)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.6% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $33.92; the price of $59.30 is 75% above that value, and 70% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricCOHRTRMB
VerdictSlightly undervaluedOvervalued
Price$310.39$59.30
Intrinsic value$367.54$33.92
Margin of safety+16%-75%
Leak Score50/100 (9/12)0/100 (2/12)
Market cap$60.8B$13.8B
Revenue growth, 5 years18.0%2.6%
Operating margin13.8%18.7%
Net margin10.8%-2.8%
Return on equity8.5%-1.9%
Debt to equity0.330.29
P/E75.5x
Forward P/E22.1x14.4x
P/B5.6x2.7x
Dividend yield0.0%

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