Coherent, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Coherent Q1 FY2026 Earnings Summary

Key Highlights: Coherent reported record revenue driven by AI data center and communications demand. Strong sequential and year-over-year growth in revenue, gross margin, and EPS. Portfolio optimization (sale of Aerospace & Defense business) improved focus and deleveraging. Exceptional demand for optical networking products, with capacity expansion underway.

Financial Performance (Q1 FY2026 vs. Prior Periods)

  • Revenue: $1.58 billion (record). +3% sequentially (from Q4 FY2025), +17% year-over-year. Pro forma (excluding divested Aerospace & Defense business): +6% sequentially, +19% year-over-year.
  • Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 38.7%. +70 basis points sequentially, +200 basis points year-over-year. Driven by cost reductions, yield improvements, and pricing optimization. Targeting >42% long-term model.
  • Non-GAAP Operating Margin: 19.5%. +1.5 percentage points sequentially (from 18%), +3.4 percentage points year-over-year (from 16.1%).
  • Non-GAAP EPS: $1.16. +16% sequentially (from $1.00), +73% year-over-year (from $0.67).
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Operator: Greetings, and welcome to the Coherent First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Call. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mr. Paul Silverstein, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations for Coherent. Please go ahead. Paul Silverstein: Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. With me today are Jim Anderson, Coherent's CEO; and Sherri Luther, Coherent's CFO. During today's call, we will provide a financial and business review of the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and the business outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Our earnings press release can be found in the Investor Relations section of our company website at coherent.com. I would like to remind everyone that during our conference call today, we may make projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. We wish to caution you that such statements or predictions based on information that is currently available and that actual results may differ materially. We refer you to the documents that the company files with the SEC, including our 10-Ks, 10-Qs and 8-Ks. These documents contain and identify important risk factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements. This call includes and constitutes the company's official guidance for the second quarter of fiscal 2026. If at any time after this call, we communicate any material changes
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