AXTI vs Q vs COHR Stock Comparison

Axt, Qnity Electronics and Coherent Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AXTI Axt Inc
$52.08 -28.6% 1M +905.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.45B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$116.56M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Materials Technology
3 wins
Q Qnity Electronics, Inc.
$109.85 -11.8% 1M
Market cap
$23.93B
P/E
40.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.21B
Div. yield
0.00%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins
COHR Coherent Corp.
$209.24 -30.3% 1M +72.2% 1Y
Market cap
$39.28B
P/E
48.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.12B
Div. yield
0.00%
Electronic Components Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Qnity Electronics leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Qnity Electronics 5, Coherent 4, Axt 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAXTIQCOHRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.45B $23.93B $39.28B COHR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2,280x 40.8x 48.8x Q
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 63.5x 25.3x 23.4x COHR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +35.4% +14.8% +22.5% AXTI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1.3% 11.2% 11.3% COHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 8.3% -23.3% Q
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.8x -0.4x COHR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Q
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +905.4% — +72.2% AXTI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +43.6%/yr — +29.0%/yr AXTI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 151.1% 55.2% 89.0% Q
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 61/100 39/100 Q

Percentile Scorecard

AXTIQCOHR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAXTIQCOHR
Valuation 23 #73 of 95 39 #58 of 94 21 #89 of 112
Growth 89 #11 of 93 52 #45 of 92 57 #47 of 109
Profitability 22 #71 of 91 88 #12 of 89 30 #74 of 105
Financial Health 76 #25 of 102 68 #32 of 97 43 #67 of 117
Shareholder Returns – 58 #30 of 70 44 #46 of 82
Overall 53 61 39
  • AXTI ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • Q ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • COHR ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAXTIQCOHRSPY
1 month -28.6%-11.8%-30.3% -1.0%
3 months +10.3%-18.7%-26.0% +2.9%
6 months -31.6%-24.0%-37.7% +6.4%
Year to date +218.5%+34.5%+13.4% +11.4%
1 year +905.4%—+72.2% +13.1%
3 years +2,256.6%—+567.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +186.9%—+88.3% +21.5%
5 years +509.8%—+256.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year +43.6%—+29.0% +10.9%
10 years +805.7%—+700.2% +255.2%
10 years, per year +24.7%—+23.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAXTIQCOHRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 151.1%55.2%89.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 142.2%58.5%94.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.212.643.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 5.99—0.81 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-38.1%-62.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.0%-37.5%-51.0% -2.5%
52-week high $140.83$175.64$426.89 $779.14
52-week low $5.18$73.54$121.52 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAXTIQCOHR
P/E now vs peer median -2,110xmedian 41.5x 39.3xmedian 21.5x 46.1xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 29.3xmedian 6.9x 4.4xmedian 1.4x 5.8xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 27.3x 15.1xmedian 12.4x -13.7xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 35.6x 27.9xmedian 15.5x -40.0xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 4.2x 3.0xmedian 1.6x 3.6xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median -239.47median 2.31 —median 1.70 0.91median 1.15

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAXTIQCOHR
Revenue $116.56M $5.21B $7.12B
Gross profit $33.85M $2.41B $2.67B
Operating income -$1.28M $1.34B -$3.60B
Net income -$156.00K $630.00M $800.94M
Free cash flow – $825.00M -$1.02B
R&D $9.58M $374.00M $722.95M
EPS (diluted) $-0.02 $2.79 $4.12
Cash & equivalents $412.17M $961.00M $1.16B
Total debt $278.80M $9.77B $3.22B
Shares (diluted) 63.47M 210.20M 195.39M
Enterprise value $2.69B $21.07B $33.16B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAXTIQCOHR
P/E -2,110x 39.3x 46.1x
P/FCF – 27.9x -40.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 19.7x 515.3x
P/S 29.3x 4.4x 5.8x
P/B 3.7x 3.0x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 3.7x 3.5x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA – 15.1x -13.7x
EV/EBIT -2,155x 19.5x -11.7x
EV/Revenue 23.6x 5.0x 5.9x
EV/FCF – 31.6x -41.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 22.3x 530.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -239.47 – 0.91

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAXTIQCOHR
Revenue growth (1Y) 35.4% 14.8% 22.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2% – 11.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 229.2% 13.3% 30.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.9% – 18.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 95.2% 11.6% 1.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 45.1% – 2.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 99.4% -23.6% 1,623%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 41.9% – 72.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 95.7% -26.4% 891.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.8% – 50.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – -87.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -49.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -630.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -92.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAXTIQCOHR
Gross margin 29.0% 46.2% 37.5%
EBITDA margin – 33.0% -43.3%
Operating margin -1.1% 25.6% -50.6%
Pretax margin 3.0% 16.9% 11.9%
Net margin -1.3% 11.2% 11.3%
FCF margin – 15.8% -14.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 22.4% 1.1%
Return on equity 0.0% 8.4% 7.1%
Return on assets 0.0% 4.4% 4.4%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 8.3% -23.3%
Return on capital employed -0.2% 10.5% -24.1%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.4x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x 0.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 2.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAXTIQCOHR
Debt / assets 8.2% 28.1% 17.6%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.8x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 4.9x -3.1x
Liabilities / assets 16.9% 47.3% 38.6%
Equity / assets 83.1% 52.7% 61.4%
Interest coverage – 7.1x -18.9x
Current ratio 4.8x 2.0x 2.4x
Quick ratio 6.3x 1.5x 1.2x
Cash ratio 6.0x 0.7x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 11.62 2.85 3.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAXTIQCOHR
Dividend yield – 0.3% –
Net buyback yield – 0.2% -5.0%
Shareholder yield – 0.5% -5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 5.4% 1.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 4.1% -1.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -25.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAXTIQCOHR
Forward P/E 63.5xFY2026 25.3xFY2026 23.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.82FY2026 $4.34FY2026 $8.96FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +29.6%FY2026 +59.7%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +162.2% +21.7% +61.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $215.33MFY2026 $5.34BFY2026 $11.19BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +143.8%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 +57.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +117.5% +23.3% +37.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAXTIQCOHR
Held by institutions 70.1% – 86.7%
Institutions holding 259 – 1,309
Change in shares held, QoQ +41.3% – -3.1%
Institutions buying 205 – 840
Institutions selling 47 – 359
Buyers to sellers 4.36 – 2.34

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AXTIQCOHR
AXTI 1.00 0.41 0.62
Q 0.41 1.00 0.56
COHR 0.62 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AXTI, Q and COHR?

Coherent (COHR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Axt (AXTI) $3.45B, Qnity Electronics (Q) $23.93B, Coherent (COHR) $39.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, AXTI, Q and COHR?

Qnity Electronics (Q) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Axt (AXTI) -2,280x, Qnity Electronics (Q) 40.8x, Coherent (COHR) 48.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Coherent (COHR) is cheapest (Axt (AXTI) 63.5x, Qnity Electronics (Q) 25.3x, Coherent (COHR) 23.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Axt (AXTI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Axt (AXTI) +35.4%, Qnity Electronics (Q) +14.8%, Coherent (COHR) +22.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Coherent (COHR) has the highest net margin (Axt (AXTI) -1.3%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 11.2%, Coherent (COHR) 11.3%). On return on invested capital, Qnity Electronics (Q) leads (Axt (AXTI) 0.0%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 8.3%, Coherent (COHR) -23.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Axt (AXTI) returned the most: Axt (AXTI) +905.4%, Coherent (COHR) +72.2%. Over five years, Axt (AXTI) compounded fastest (Axt (AXTI) +43.6%/yr, Coherent (COHR) +29.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Qnity Electronics (Q) has the highest dividend yield: Axt (AXTI) 0.00%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 0.00%, Coherent (COHR) 0.00%. Axt (AXTI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Qnity Electronics (Q) has been the steadiest (Axt (AXTI) 151.1%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 55.2%, Coherent (COHR) 89.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AXTI, Q and COHR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Qnity Electronics (Q) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.