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.
HPE is about 1.4× larger than Coherent by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (33.6 vs 81.4); year to date, HPE leads (+193.4% vs +83.3%).
Side by side
| COHR | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $65.5B | $93.9B |
| Price | $302.35 | $71.00 |
| Today | −9.6% | −1.5% |
| Return YTD | +83.3% | +193.4% |
| Return 1Y | +194.8% | +184.3% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −20.6% | +62.4% |
| P/E | 81.4 | 33.6 |
| P/S | 9.2 | 2.2 |
| P/B | 6.0 | 3.5 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
CoherentCOHR
Makes the transceivers and lasers that turn data into light for the hop between AI servers.
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Cray supercomputers and ProLiant AI servers on one side; on the other, a networking business that grew considerably with the Juniper acquisition.
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