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FCF Margin for Coherent (COHR)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

-8.2%

YoY change

−0.91pp

Trough year (2001)

-23.4%

Peak year (2010)

17.0%

FCF Margin history chart for Coherent (COHR) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 3.3%

FCF Margin change chart for Coherent (COHR) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: −0.91pp

FCF Margin history table for Coherent (COHR) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20253.3%-0.91pp
  • 20244.2%+0.39pp
  • 20233.8%+0.85pp
  • 20223.0%-10.80pp
  • 202113.8%+7.04pp
  • 20206.7%+3.70pp
  • 20193.0%+2.38pp
  • 20180.7%+2.70pp
  • 2017-2.0%-9.88pp
  • 20167.8%-2.55pp
  • 201510.4%+0.69pp
  • 20149.7%-5.26pp
  • 201315.0%+6.19pp
  • 20128.8%+2.28pp
  • 20116.5%-10.49pp
  • 201017.0%+5.56pp
  • 200911.4%+2.54pp
  • 20088.9%-0.31pp
  • 20079.2%-1.64pp
  • 200610.8%+10.33pp
  • 20050.5%-11.22pp
  • 200411.7%-2.81pp
  • 200314.5%+7.95pp
  • 20026.6%+30.02pp
  • 2001-23.4%-28.39pp
  • 20004.9%-2.16pp
  • 19997.1%+29.28pp
  • 1998-22.2%-24.08pp
  • 19971.9%+8.23pp
  • 1996-6.3%-17.12pp
  • 199510.8%+7.58pp
  • 19943.2%+9.60pp
  • 1993-6.4%-14.23pp
  • 19927.8%+3.16pp
  • 19914.7%+17.25pp
  • 1990-12.6%-5.39pp
  • 1989-7.2%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Coherent's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Coherent (COHR)

According to Coherent's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -8.2%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

Coherent (COHR) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 3.32% (2025) – contracted 0.9 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 16.98%, reached in 2010; the historical low of -23.45% was recorded in 2001.

Coherent FCF Margin by Year

Coherent FCF Margin 2025: 3.3%

In 2025, Coherent reported free cash flow margin of 3.32%, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2024.

Coherent FCF Margin 2024: 4.2%

Coherent free cash flow margin in 2024 was 4.23%, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2023.

Coherent FCF Margin 2023: 3.8%

2023's free cash flow margin for Coherent came in at 3.84%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2022.

Coherent FCF Margin 2022: 3.0%

Coherent posted free cash flow margin of 2.98% in 2022, contracted 10.8 percentage points from 2021.

Coherent FCF Margin 2021: 13.8%

Coherent free cash flow margin in 2021 was 13.78%.

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