15 August 2026
COHERENT CORP.
CIK: 820318•2 Annual Reports•Latest: 2026-08-14
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10-K / August 14, 2026
Revenue:$7,118,181,000
Income:$786,884,000
10-K / August 16, 2024
Revenue:$4,707,688,000
Income:-$158,764,000
10-K / August 14, 2026
Coherent Corp.
What the company does
- Vertically integrated manufacturer of lasers, transceivers, and other optical and optoelectronic devices, modules, and systems, plus engineered materials.
- Serves data center, communications, and industrial markets.
- Develops, manufactures, and markets products and related software, often developed in-house.
- Maintains control over materials growth, fabrication, and integration from substrates to finished subsystems.
Organizational structure and segments
- Effective July 1, 2025, realigned into two reportable segments:
- Datacenter & Communications
- Industrial
- Historical results previously reported across three segments (Networking, Materials, Lasers) have been restated to the two-segment structure.
Datacenter & Communications
- Datacenter Market Vertical: AI/datacenter connectivity, transceivers, co-packaged optics (CPO), optical circuit switches (OCS), silicon photonics, VCSELs, EELs, ICs, isolators, thermoelectric coolers; expansion of InP 6-inch manufacturing; strategic partnerships (e.g., with NVIDIA) and CHIPS Act-related support.
- Communications Market Vertical: High-speed optical communications, transceivers, transport products, optical amplifiers, passive components, optical line systems, DCI solutions; focus on AI networking and future high-bandwidth needs.
Industrial
- Precision Manufacturing: Industrial lasers and optical components for medical devices, tooling, EV battery welding, additive manufacturing.
- Semiconductor Capital Equipment: Lasers and materials (e.g., GaAs/InP-based lasers, excimer/CO2 lasers) used in semiconductor processes and advanced packaging.
- Display Capital Equipment: UV/DUV lasers for display manufacturing and microLED production.
- Life Sciences: Instrumentation with illumination, thermal management, and detection for biotech and medical applications.
- Scientific Research: CW and ultrafast lasers for microscopy and research.
- Consumer Electronics: GaAs VCSELs, InP edge-emitting lasers, VCSEL arrays for sensing and other consumer applications.
- Automotive: SiC substrates for RF/HEMT and related components used in 4G/5G/6G infrastructure and automotive sensing.
Geography and facilities
- Global footprint with U.S. and international sites for production, R&D, and sales.
- U.S. principal operations: California, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas.
- Non-U.S. principal operations: China, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vietnam.
- Sales/subsidiaries in Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Taiwan.
- Notable facilities (examples): Sherman, TX; Easton, PA; Saxonburg, PA; Santa Clara, CA; Newark, DE; Fremont, CA (some owned, some leased).
People and talent
- Approximately 51,000 employees worldwide as of June 30, 2026.
- Employee mix (approximate): Manufacturing ~45,775 (89%), R&D ~3,344 (6%), Sales/General & Admin ~2,359 (5%).
- Globally, about 47% of the workforce are women.
Intellectual property
- Emphasizes trade secrets and IP protection across patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
- As of June 30, 2026: about 3,160 issued patents and 1,280 patent applications pending globally.
Customers
- Two customers each contributed more than 10% of revenue in fiscal 2026, creating customer concentration risk.
Other details
- Engages in partnerships and strategic actions tied to AI/datacenter growth and CHIPS Act support.
- Focuses on risk management, supply-chain diversification, and a portfolio spanning materials, devices, and systems to support large-scale, high-performance applications.
