Coherentvs.Cisco
COHR vs CSCO · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Cisco is about 7.5× larger than Coherent by market cap; Cisco trades at the lower P/E (40.0 vs 135.4); year to date, Coherent leads (+75.8% vs +57.5%).
Side by side
| COHR | CSCO | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $63.5B | $478B |
| Price | $324.50 | $121.31 |
| Today | −0.8% | +2.5% |
| Return YTD | +75.8% | +57.5% |
| Return 1Y | +246.2% | +76.4% |
| P/E | 135.4 | 40.0 |
| P/S | 9.6 | 7.9 |
| P/B | 5.9 | 9.8 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
CoherentCOHR
Produces optical transceivers and lasers — the components that transmit data as light between AI servers and data centers.
Full COHR profile →CiscoCSCO
The world's largest networking company — broad portfolio of switches, routers and security with a growing AI order book among hyperscalers.
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