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Coherent Corp.
Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments
Made on Aug 17, 2026
Price at call $325.83
6-month call Neutral -1.8%
Target by Feb 2027 $320.00
Great value below $240.00
Model v0.6.0

Projection vs Actual (6M history + forecast)

The masterbrain's trajectory (blue, curved through its 7 checkpoints), the deterministic v0.3 control (dashed), and the actual price (green) overlaid from the prediction date forward.
Forecast Change -1.8% to $320.00
Predicted High $340.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $315.00 at 3 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.3%

Forecast

The masterbrain trajectory — 7 dated checkpoints. Short rungs (2w, 1m) show the typical range as the primary claim; point calls run from 2 months out. Every claim still gets graded. Predicted Aug 17, 2026 12:51 am
Neutral COHR trends range-bound to $320.00 (-1.8% from $325.83) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisCOHR is a high-beta AI-optics momentum name with no clean valuation anchor; value/quality lenses are negative but sentiment plus risk-on regime dominates near-term. Expect continued upward drift with a mid-window consolidation as valuation gravity bites, then a modest resumption if regime holds.
Invalidated ifBreak below $270 on volume or a regime flip to risk-off would invalidate the continued melt-up; a decisive break above $360 would signal even stronger upside than modeled.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $325.83 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 17, 2026 $325.83 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 31, 2026 $257.14–$394.52 typical range · internal point $332.00 ±21.1% 6/10 Momentum and risk-on tape carry AI-optics bid
1 month Sep 17, 2026 $226.29–$425.37 typical range · internal point $340.00 ±30.5% 5/10 Sentiment peak, high beta amplifies risk-on
2 months Oct 17, 2026 $328.00 +0.7% 4/10 Valuation gravity pulls back after run
3 months Nov 17, 2026 $315.00 -3.3% 4/10 Consolidation as forensic and value drag surface
4 months Dec 17, 2026 $322.00 -1.2% 3/10 Year-end positioning stabilizes high-beta name
5 months Jan 17, 2027 $330.00 +1.3% 3/10 AI capex narrative renewed into CES print
6 months Feb 17, 2027 $320.00 -1.8% 3/10 Mean reversion as risk-on regime ages

Why ranges on the short rungs? A 102-prediction trial (2026-07-21) showed 2-week point calls carry no information here — three prompt formulations all lost to simply predicting zero — while the stock's own volatility scale (σ×√t) described those windows well. So the short rungs claim what's actually knowable: the typical travel, with earnings timing flagged where the variance will come from. The internal point calls keep being generated and graded to map where real skill begins. Full evidence: stocks/predictions/V0.5-DESIGN.md §8.

Deterministic control (v0.3 value line) targets $0.00 (+0.0%) — both lines get graded at every checkpoint, so the brain has to beat the formula, not just replace it. Brain: claude-opus-4-7.

Weaknesses

0 blocking · 1 degraded · 7 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    No usable fair-value anchor — brain-only (anchorless) mode: no v0.3 control line, prediction reasons from lenses/sentiment/regime/price behaviour.
    value_anchor
  • Note
    Traditional FCF-based DCF produces misleading results — company reinvests aggressively
    upstream:classification
  • Note
    EPV is meaningless — the entire value proposition is future growth/optionality
    upstream:classification
  • Note
    PE-based peer comparisons may fail — market values this outside its nominal industry
    upstream:classification
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: composite_fair_value.
    anchor:composite_fair_value
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: signal_adjusted.
    anchor:signal_adjusted

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.6.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$325.83
Composite fair value
Signal-adjusted fair value
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)
Value net score-57
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score-29
Memo confidence— / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 127.2%  3m 105.8%  6m 95.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)6.7%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 5.30  3m 4.16  5m 3.56  
Trailing 6-month return50.8%

Knobs (equation params)

ladderArray
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobsArray
Neutral band (%)5
earnings_briefv1
prompt_versionp1
control_versionv0.3.0

Version & Tech Chain

What produced this prediction — stamped on the record so versions can be compared by success rate later.
Model v0.6.0 #8eb3df85c300

Tech composition (what this version is built from)

#ProcessKindGroup
1 Synthesis valuation-synthesis deterministic final
2 Scenario Analysis scenario-valuation deterministic valuation
3 Valuation / Mispricing ext-lens-value llm extended
4 Company Quality ext-lens-quality llm extended
5 Forensic Memo (combiner) ext-forensic-memo llm extended
6 Classification company-classification llm foundation
7 Live Quote fmp-quote data market-data

Inputs used (the runs that fed this prediction)

Upstream processRanLagRun id
company-classification Aug 11, 2026 5d behind COHR-20260811-145423-0b61
ext-forensic-memo Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-COHR-20260817-003711-18ef
ext-lens-quality Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-COHR-20260817-003711-18ef
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-COHR-20260817-003711-18ef
ext-lens-value Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-COHR-20260817-003711-18ef
scenario-valuation Aug 17, 2026 freshest COHR-20260817-001937-6e77
valuation-synthesis Aug 17, 2026 freshest COHR-20260817-001937-6e77

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

2 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 17, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $325.83 $320.00 -1.8% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 25, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $282.39 $245.00 -13.2% Jan 2027 view

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.6.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Scenario probabilities — one path, no bull/bear split (base_prob = 1.0).
  • Intraday / sub-2-week behaviour — the first claim is at 14 days by design (EOD product).
  • Position sizing / portfolio context — the path is a price claim only.