The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Coherent Corp shares valued at $244,460 were sold by SKAGGS STEPHEN A on Aug 13 ’25. At $122.23 per share, SKAGGS STEPHEN A sold 2,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 23,836 shares worth approximately $2.18 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, STEPHEN SKAGGS purchased 2,000 shares, netting a total of over 233,120 in proceeds.
Before that, Koeppen Christopher had sold 5,458 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $526,436, the EVP of Aerospace & Defense traded Coherent Corp shares for $96.45 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,458 shares, worth approximately $4.14 million.
As published in a research note from BofA Securities on August 14, 2025, Coherent Corp [COHR] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $105. Analysts at Wolfe Research started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of April 28, 2025, Needham has reiterated its “Buy” rating for COHR. Earlier on April 07, 2025, Northland Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for COHR stock which previously was a “a Market perform”.
Analyzing COHR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Coherent Corp [NYSE: COHR] plunged -19.61% to $91.65. The stock’s lowest price that day was $86.5, but it reached a high of $92.83 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -19.48%. Over the course of the year, Coherent Corp shares have jumped approximately 37.41%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $123.25 on 08/13/25 and a 52-week low of $45.58 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Coherent Corp (COHR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 87.74, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 83.83. In the upper region, resistance lies at 94.32. The next price resistance is at 96.99. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 38.65 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Coherent Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Coherent Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -1.25 million shares to 7.04 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 8.29 million shares. A decline of -17.72% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.74 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.74.
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In terms of Coherent Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 94 in the next 12 months, down nearly -17.55% from the previous closing price of $114.01. Analysts anticipate Coherent Corp stock to reach 110 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 85. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Coherent Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 04, 2025, Rosenblatt assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $85.
