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Coherentvs.Dell Technologies

COHR vs DELL · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.

Dell Technologies is about 5.0× larger than Coherent by market cap; Dell Technologies trades at the lower P/E (38.1 vs 79.5); year to date, Dell Technologies leads (+244.1% vs +49.3%).

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COHRDELL
Market cap$64B$320B
Price$288.14$451.50
Today+4.6%+4.2%
Return YTD+49.3%+244.1%
Return 1Y+206.4%+231.1%
P/E79.538.1
P/S9.02.4
P/B5.935.8

Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CoherentCOHR

NYSE · USA

Makes the transceivers and lasers that turn data into light for the hop between AI servers.

Optical networkingAI hardware
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Dell TechnologiesDELL

NYSE · USA

Dell's AI server backlog has grown quickly, sold to enterprises and cloud operators alike, on top of a long-standing PC and storage business.

AI serversEnterprise hardware
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