On July 8, Coherent rose 3.44% in regular trading, trading at $324.83/share, with turnover of $302 million. The stock had previously pulled back from around $348 to as low as $304.3 in pre-market trading before staging a recovery.

On the news front, multiple catalysts are supporting the rebound. AXT Inc's subsidiary Beijing Tongmei signed a three-year 6-inch indium phosphide wafer master development and supply agreement with Coherent, effective June 25, with prepayments exceeding $22 million to secure critical material capacity. Additionally, Raymond James raised its target price on Coherent from $371 to $435, implying significant upside from current levels. The supply agreement locks in key substrates for Coherent's Sherman, Texas fabrication facility, which is expanding 6-inch InP production lines capable of quadrupling wafer output versus industry-standard 3-4 inch lines, targeting co-packaged optics for AI data center applications.

With no fundamental negatives emerging and the stock having corrected over 10% from recent highs, the intraday move reflects sentiment recovery as prior catalysts are gradually priced in.

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