COHR vs ZBRA vs BELFA Stock Comparison

Coherent, Zebra Technologies and Bel Fuse Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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COHR Coherent Corp.
$195.18 -41.5% 1M +51.7% 1Y
Market cap
$32.44B
P/E
40.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.12B
Div. yield
0.00%
Electronic Components Technology
5 wins
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp
$332.44 -11.5% 1M +27.7% 1Y
Market cap
$15.63B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.14B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
5 wins
BELFA Bel Fuse Inc /Nj
$174.19 -16.5% 1M +29.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.45B
P/E
42.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$785.62M
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Coherent leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Coherent 5, Zebra Technologies 5, Bel Fuse 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOHRZBRABELFALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $32.44B $15.63B $2.45B COHR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.3x 26.0x 42.4x ZBRA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.8x 14.7x 16.8x ZBRA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.5% +16.9% +21.0% COHR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.3% 9.8% 7.3% COHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.7% 11.9% 11.6% ZBRA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 2.1x — COHR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +51.7% +27.7% +29.4% COHR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +24.9%/yr -11.4%/yr +62.3%/yr BELFA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 90.4% 46.3% 59.9% ZBRA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 68/100 61/100 ZBRA

Percentile Scorecard

COHRZBRABELFA

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

AxisCOHRZBRABELFA
Valuation 29 #80 of 112 70 #34 of 112 75 #29 of 112
Growth 74 #29 of 108 70 #33 of 108 57 #47 of 108
Profitability 48 #55 of 104 84 #18 of 104 71 #31 of 104
Financial Health 46 #63 of 116 18 #95 of 116 75 #30 of 116
Shareholder Returns 44 #48 of 85 96 #4 of 85 27 #62 of 85
Overall 48 68 61
  • COHR ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • ZBRA ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • BELFA ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCOHRZBRABELFASPY
1 month -41.5%-11.5%-16.5% -1.0%
3 months -40.6%-9.9%-26.0% -0.4%
6 months -43.4%+44.7%-31.6% +4.5%
Year to date +5.7%+36.9%+14.7% +12.4%
1 year +51.7%+27.7%+29.4% +13.6%
3 years +494.2%+55.1%+238.2% +76.4%
3 years, per year +81.2%+15.8%+50.2% +20.8%
5 years +203.8%-45.3%+1,023.1% +63.7%
5 years, per year +24.9%-11.4%+62.3% +10.4%
10 years +622.9%+427.9%+769.6% +267.7%
10 years, per year +21.9%+18.1%+24.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureCOHRZBRABELFASPY
Volatility, 1Y 90.4%46.3%59.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 96.7%40.1%69.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.491.652.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.570.600.49 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.9%-67.8%-44.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -54.3%-15.0%-40.2% -1.6%
52-week high $426.89$391.00$291.23 $779.14
52-week low $128.70$199.30$114.02 $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.

MultipleCOHRZBRABELFA
P/E now vs peer median 43.0xmedian 28.1x 26.1xmedian 28.1x 43.6xmedian 28.1x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 2.6x 2.5xmedian 2.6x 2.7xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.3xmedian 18.4x 15.8xmedian 18.4x 11.6xmedian 18.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -37.3xmedian 26.6x 15.8xmedian 26.6x 26.5xmedian 26.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 2.8x 4.4xmedian 2.8x 2.3xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.85median 1.11 2.25median 1.11 -2.98median 1.11

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 monthsCOHRZBRABELFA
Revenue $7.12B $6.14B $785.62M
Gross profit $2.67B $3.00B $313.22M
Operating income $1.04B $912.00M $127.41M
Net income $800.94M $602.00M $93.79M
Free cash flow -$1.02B $988.00M $81.06M
R&D $722.95M $634.00M $34.33M
EPS (diluted) $4.12 $12.59 $4.00
Cash & equivalents $1.16B $182.00M $333.12M
Total debt $3.22B $2.57B –
Shares (diluted) 195.39M 47.81M 14.44M
Enterprise value $26.32B $15.05B $1.69B

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
MetricCOHRZBRABELFA
P/E 43.0x 26.1x 43.6x
P/FCF -37.3x 15.8x 26.5x
P/Operating cash flow 480.7x 14.7x 22.5x
P/S 5.4x 2.5x 2.7x
P/B 3.4x 4.4x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 5.4x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA 25.3x 15.8x 11.6x
EV/EBIT 38.0x 19.8x 14.2x
EV/Revenue 5.5x 2.9x 2.3x
EV/FCF -38.6x 18.3x 22.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 496.2x 16.9x 19.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.85 2.25 -2.98

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOHRZBRABELFA
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.5% 16.9% 21.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 6.5% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.6% 18.1% 24.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.1% 8.4% 13.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 207.6% 16.0% 30.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 157.7% 11.0% 12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,623% 17.6% 26.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 72.0% 9.0% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 891.4% 25.8% -22.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 50.4% 11.6% -14.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -87.5% 23.3% 60.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -49.9% 106.1% -0.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -630.9% 24.7% 81.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -92.8% 170.4% -1.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOHRZBRABELFA
Gross margin 37.5% 48.9% 39.9%
EBITDA margin 21.9% 18.6% 19.9%
Operating margin 14.6% 14.9% 16.2%
Pretax margin 11.9% 12.2% 14.2%
Net margin 11.3% 9.8% 7.3%
FCF margin -14.4% 16.1% 10.3%
Operating cash flow margin 1.1% 17.4% 12.2%
Return on equity 7.1% 17.2% 10.2%
Return on assets 4.4% 6.9% 7.3%
Return on invested capital 6.7% 11.9% 11.6%
Return on capital employed 6.9% 19.3% 12.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.8x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.6% 2.8% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOHRZBRABELFA
Debt / assets 17.6% 29.1% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 2.1x –
Debt / FCF -3.1x 2.6x –
Liabilities / assets 38.6% 59.5% 28.7%
Equity / assets 61.4% 40.5% 71.3%
Interest coverage 5.5x – 17.3x
Current ratio 2.4x 0.6x 2.6x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.3x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.0x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 4.19 3.51 5.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOHRZBRABELFA
Dividend yield – – 0.1%
Net buyback yield -5.4% 6.0% –
Shareholder yield -5.4% 6.0% 0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 1.4% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -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.

ConsensusCOHRZBRABELFA
Forward P/E 21.8xFY2027 14.7xFY2026 16.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.96FY2027 $22.59FY2026 $10.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +59.7%FY2027 +42.6%FY2026 +46.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +61.0% -4.5% +3.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.19BFY2027 $6.35BFY2026 $771.32MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +57.1%FY2027 +17.7%FY2026 +14.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +37.5% +1.2% +9.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOHRZBRABELFA
Held by institutions 86.7% 100.0% 63.1%
Institutions holding 1,314 646 110
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.1% +4.5% +14.8%
Institutions buying 844 309 70
Institutions selling 359 242 30
Buyers to sellers 2.35 1.28 2.33

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.

COHRZBRABELFA
COHR 1.00 0.19 0.59
ZBRA 0.19 1.00 0.28
BELFA 0.59 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COHR, ZBRA and BELFA?

Coherent (COHR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Coherent (COHR) $32.44B, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) $15.63B, Bel Fuse (BELFA) $2.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, COHR, ZBRA and BELFA?

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Coherent (COHR) 40.3x, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 26.0x, Bel Fuse (BELFA) 42.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) is cheapest (Coherent (COHR) 21.8x, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 14.7x, Bel Fuse (BELFA) 16.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Coherent (COHR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Coherent (COHR) +22.5%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) +16.9%, Bel Fuse (BELFA) +21.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Coherent (COHR) has the highest net margin (Coherent (COHR) 11.3%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 9.8%, Bel Fuse (BELFA) 7.3%). On return on invested capital, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) leads (Coherent (COHR) 6.7%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 11.9%, Bel Fuse (BELFA) 11.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Coherent (COHR) returned the most: Coherent (COHR) +51.7%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) +27.7%, Bel Fuse (BELFA) +29.4%. Over five years, Bel Fuse (BELFA) compounded fastest (Coherent (COHR) +24.9%/yr, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) -11.4%/yr, Bel Fuse (BELFA) +62.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Coherent (COHR) 0.00%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 0.00%, Bel Fuse (BELFA) 0.00%. Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) and Bel Fuse (BELFA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) has been the steadiest (Coherent (COHR) 90.4%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 46.3%, Bel Fuse (BELFA) 59.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COHR, ZBRA and BELFA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Coherent (COHR) 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.