A Closer Look at Coherent's Options Market Dynamics
Coherent Corp. COHR | 313.42 310.10 | +1.78% -1.06% Pre |
Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Coherent. Our analysis of options history for Coherent (NYSE:COHR) revealed 18 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 27% of traders were bullish, while 50% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 2 were puts, with a value of $98,510, and 16 were calls, valued at $949,390.
Predicted Price Range
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $225.0 and $360.0 for Coherent, spanning the last three months.
Insights into Volume & Open Interest
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Coherent's options for a given strike price.
Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Coherent's whale activity within a strike price range from $225.0 to $360.0 in the last 30 days.
Coherent 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COHR | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 03/20/26 | $39.4 | $36.2 | $37.98 | $225.00 | $186.1K | 0 | 110 |
| COHR | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $79.5 | $77.4 | $77.4 | $250.00 | $154.8K | 91 | 20 |
| COHR | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/20/26 | $30.5 | $30.0 | $30.0 | $240.00 | $75.0K | 949 | 52 |
| COHR | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 02/27/26 | $10.3 | $9.3 | $10.3 | $252.50 | $63.8K | 3 | 138 |
| COHR | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/18/26 | $50.3 | $49.5 | $49.5 | $250.00 | $59.4K | 1.2K | 16 |
About Coherent
Coherent Corp engaged in materials, networking, and lasers, is a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops, manufactures, and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components and devices, and lasers for use in the industrial, communications, electronics and instrumentation markets. The firm operates in three segments Networking, Materials, and Lasers Segment. It generates maximum revenue from Networking segment. The company geographically operates in North America. Europe, China, Japan and Rest of the world.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Coherent, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
Coherent's Current Market Status
- With a trading volume of 2,998,546, the price of COHR is down by -0.01%, reaching $248.15.
- Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be approaching overbought.
- Next earnings report is scheduled for 72 days from now.
What Analysts Are Saying About Coherent
Over the past month, 5 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $236.0.
- An analyst from Stifel downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $235.
- An analyst from Morgan Stanley persists with their Equal-Weight rating on Coherent, maintaining a target price of $250.
- An analyst from Morgan Stanley persists with their Equal-Weight rating on Coherent, maintaining a target price of $200.
- Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Citigroup continues to hold a Buy rating for Coherent, targeting a price of $250.
- Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from JP Morgan keeps a Overweight rating on Coherent with a target price of $245.
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