On July 31, Coherent rose 5.8% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately $260.25/share, with turnover of $1.3895 million. The stock extended its previous session's 10.73% intraday rebound as the optical communications sector continued to recover from consecutive sharp sell-offs.
The sector had been under sustained pressure since the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index plunged over 4% on July 25, compounded by Corning's disappointing Q3 guidance that projected core sales of $4.9-5.0 billion with the midpoint slightly below consensus. Following multiple days of selling pressure dissipation, the broader sector staged a recovery on July 30, with peer Corning rising 6.71% and Belden surging 9.98%, signaling broad-based oversold repair momentum now carrying into pre-market activity.
Coherent is scheduled to report its fourth fiscal quarter earnings on August 12, with consensus EPS expectations of $1.43. Within the Electronic Components sector, Corning gained 4.22% and Vishay Intertechnology rose 3.64%.
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