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Coherentvs.Super Micro

COHR vs SMCI · 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 is about 2.5× larger than Super Micro by market cap; Super Micro trades at the lower P/E (20.4 vs 79.5); year to date, Coherent leads (+49.3% vs +20.2%).

Side by side

COHRSMCI
Market cap$64B$25.4B
Price$288.14$38.46
Today+4.6%+9.4%
Return YTD+49.3%+20.2%
Return 1Y+206.4%−19.8%
P/E79.520.4
P/S9.00.8
P/B5.93.4

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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Super MicroSMCI

NASDAQ · USA

Racks of GPU servers, liquid-cooled, put together quickly after each new GPU arrives.

AI serversData center exposure
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