ENTG vs Q vs COHR Stock Comparison

Entegris, Qnity Electronics and Coherent Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ENTG Entegris Inc
$124.75 -25.3% 1M +41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$19.54B
P/E
49.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.52B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Materials Technology
1 win
Q Qnity Electronics, Inc.
$110.06 -17.6% 1M +10.4% 1Y
Market cap
$24.45B
P/E
43.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.49B
Div. yield
0.00%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
3 wins
COHR Coherent Corp.
$169.65 -49.9% 1M +26.0% 1Y
Market cap
$37.87B
P/E
39.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.91B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Coherent leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Coherent 7, Qnity Electronics 3, Entegris 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionENTGQCOHRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $19.54B $24.45B $37.87B COHR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 49.8x 43.8x 39.3x COHR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.6x 25.3x 18.9x COHR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.4% +17.7% +30.8% COHR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.1% 10.2% 12.2% COHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.5% 8.7% 7.4% Q
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 1.6x 1.3x COHR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +41.0% +10.4% +26.0% ENTG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.0%/yr — +21.4%/yr COHR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.3% 55.9% 91.5% Q
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 58/100 43/100 Q

Percentile Scorecard

ENTGQCOHR

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

AxisENTGQCOHR
Valuation 57 #41 of 94 35 #62 of 95 30 #79 of 112
Growth 58 #39 of 92 45 #52 of 93 75 #28 of 108
Profitability 60 #37 of 90 84 #15 of 89 46 #57 of 104
Financial Health 7 #94 of 101 68 #31 of 96 43 #67 of 116
Shareholder Returns 33 #55 of 81 58 #32 of 75 24 #63 of 83
Overall 43 58 43
  • ENTG ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • Q ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • COHR ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodENTGQCOHRSPY
1 month -25.3%-17.6%-49.9% -5.9%
3 months -12.5%-17.5%-49.3% -4.6%
6 months -15.5%-23.4%-46.8% +0.2%
Year to date +48.1%+34.8%-8.1% +7.5%
1 year +41.0%+10.4%+26.0% +8.2%
3 years +37.1%—+416.9% +68.3%
3 years, per year +11.1%—+73.0% +19.0%
5 years -14.2%—+164.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year -3.0%—+21.4% +9.4%
10 years +697.1%—+528.3% +251.5%
10 years, per year +23.1%—+20.2% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureENTGQCOHRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.3%55.9%91.5% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 73.2%59.8%98.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.142.583.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.580.190.28 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.5%-38.1%-62.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.2%-37.3%-60.3% -5.9%
52-week high $184.00$175.64$426.89 $779.14
52-week low $68.80$73.54$134.63 $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.

MultipleENTGQCOHR
P/E now vs peer median 48.6xmedian 35.6x 41.3xmedian 21.2x 34.6xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 5.8x 4.2xmedian 1.3x 4.2xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 21.9x 14.1xmedian 11.7x 20.8xmedian 16.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.9xmedian 30.7x 29.6xmedian 17.0x -18.2xmedian 23.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 3.5x 2.9xmedian 1.5x 2.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.99median 1.25 —median 1.76 0.64median 0.98

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 monthsENTGQCOHR
Revenue $3.52B $5.49B $7.91B
Gross profit $1.66B $2.58B $3.02B
Operating income $641.70M $1.45B $1.17B
Net income $392.80M $603.00M $960.42M
Free cash flow $616.00M $777.00M -$1.83B
R&D $324.60M $387.00M $804.67M
EPS (diluted) $2.55 $2.66 $4.77
Cash & equivalents $356.50M $1.12B $1.55B
Total debt $3.26B $4.02B $4.00B
Shares (diluted) 153.90M 210.00M 202.03M
Enterprise value $18.03B $20.59B $30.84B

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
MetricENTGQCOHR
P/E 48.6x 41.3x 34.6x
P/FCF 30.9x 29.6x -18.2x
P/Operating cash flow 23.9x 20.2x -565.2x
P/S 5.4x 4.2x 4.2x
P/B 4.4x 2.9x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 5.3x 3.3x 3.8x
EV/EBITDA 22.1x 14.1x 20.8x
EV/EBIT 34.2x 17.9x 30.5x
EV/Revenue 6.2x 4.7x 4.5x
EV/FCF 35.7x 33.3x -19.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.5x 22.8x -603.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.99 – 0.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricENTGQCOHR
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.4% 17.7% 30.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.2% – 17.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.9% 19.2% 39.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.2% – 26.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 28.1% 19.0% 121.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.8% – 143.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.2% -28.3% 287.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.2% – 74.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 34.7% -31.0% 668.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.5% – 54.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.4% 6.6% -111.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% – -27.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 86.2% -1.4% -2,585%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 125.5% – -88.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricENTGQCOHR
Gross margin 47.1% 46.9% 38.2%
EBITDA margin 28.2% 33.5% 21.7%
Operating margin 18.2% 26.4% 14.8%
Pretax margin 12.6% 15.5% 12.5%
Net margin 11.1% 10.2% 12.2%
FCF margin 17.5% 14.2% -23.2%
Operating cash flow margin 22.6% 20.7% -0.7%
Return on equity 9.3% 7.8% 8.2%
Return on assets 4.6% 4.2% 4.9%
Return on invested capital 7.5% 8.7% 7.4%
Return on capital employed 8.3% 11.2% 7.4%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.9x -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 0.8% 2.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricENTGQCOHR
Debt / assets 38.2% 27.3% 19.8%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 1.6x 1.3x
Debt / FCF 5.3x 5.2x -2.2x
Liabilities / assets 49.3% 46.4% 42.4%
Equity / assets 50.7% 53.6% 57.6%
Interest coverage 3.4x 6.1x 6.6x
Current ratio 2.7x 2.1x 2.3x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.5x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.7x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 3.85 2.90 3.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricENTGQCOHR
Dividend yield 0.3% 0.3% –
Net buyback yield -0.2% 0.3% -6.1%
Shareholder yield 0.1% 0.6% -6.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 10.4% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 8.1% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusENTGQCOHR
Forward P/E 29.6xFY2026 25.3xFY2026 18.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $4.21FY2026 $4.35FY2026 $8.99FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +53.1%FY2026 +29.9%FY2026 +60.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +24.9% +21.8% +61.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.61BFY2026 $5.34BFY2026 $11.21BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 +57.4%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +13.2% +23.3% +37.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersENTGQCOHR
Held by institutions 100.0% 77.2% 86.7%
Institutions holding 747 1,329 1,314
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% +4.4% -3.1%
Institutions buying 431 660 844
Institutions selling 228 440 359
Buyers to sellers 1.89 1.50 2.35

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.

ENTGQCOHR
ENTG 1.00 0.77 0.69
Q 0.77 1.00 0.63
COHR 0.69 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ENTG, Q and COHR?

Coherent (COHR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Entegris (ENTG) $19.54B, Qnity Electronics (Q) $24.45B, Coherent (COHR) $37.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, ENTG, Q and COHR?

Coherent (COHR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Entegris (ENTG) 49.8x, Qnity Electronics (Q) 43.8x, Coherent (COHR) 39.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Coherent (COHR) is cheapest (Entegris (ENTG) 29.6x, Qnity Electronics (Q) 25.3x, Coherent (COHR) 18.9x). 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: Entegris (ENTG) +9.4%, Qnity Electronics (Q) +17.7%, Coherent (COHR) +30.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Coherent (COHR) has the highest net margin (Entegris (ENTG) 11.1%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 10.2%, Coherent (COHR) 12.2%). On return on invested capital, Qnity Electronics (Q) leads (Entegris (ENTG) 7.5%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 8.7%, Coherent (COHR) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Entegris (ENTG) returned the most: Entegris (ENTG) +41.0%, Qnity Electronics (Q) +10.4%, Coherent (COHR) +26.0%. Over five years, Coherent (COHR) compounded fastest (Entegris (ENTG) -3.0%/yr, Coherent (COHR) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Entegris (ENTG) 0.00%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 0.00%, Coherent (COHR) 0.00%. Entegris (ENTG) and Coherent (COHR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Qnity Electronics (Q) has been the steadiest (Entegris (ENTG) 70.3%, Qnity Electronics (Q) 55.9%, Coherent (COHR) 91.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ENTG, 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, Coherent (COHR) leads on 7. 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.