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Coherentvs.HPE

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

Coherent and HPE are similar in size by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (41.8 vs 135.4); year to date, HPE leads (+102.1% vs +75.8%).

Side by side

COHRHPE
Market cap$63.5B$65.1B
Price$324.50$48.54
Today−0.8%−1.2%
Return YTD+75.8%+102.1%
Return 1Y+246.2%+128.0%
P/E135.441.8
P/S9.61.7
P/B5.92.6

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CoherentCOHR

NYSE · USA

Produces optical transceivers and lasers — the components that transmit data as light between AI servers and data centers.

Optical networkingAI hardware
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HPEHPE

NYSE · USA

Hewlett Packard Enterprise builds supercomputers (Cray) and AI servers and has strengthened its networking arm with the acquisition of Juniper.

AI serversNetworking
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