COHERENT Corp.'s stock surged 9.43% during intraday trading on Wednesday, continuing a strong rally in the optical communications and AI infrastructure sector.
The move was catalyzed by BofA Securities raising its price target on Coherent to $400 from $365, while maintaining a Neutral rating. The firm cited higher projections for the total addressable market for data-center systems by 2030. Analyst Vivek Arya noted that with a 20-30% share in the global transceiver market, Coherent is well-positioned to benefit from rising volumes of 800G and 1.6T transceivers needed for AI workloads.
Further buoying sentiment was the inclusion of Coherent CEO Jim Anderson in President Donald Trump's delegation of U.S. executives traveling to China. Market observers viewed this as a potential positive for the company's business prospects in a key market. The stock's rise is also part of a broader sector rally, as optical networking companies benefit from escalating AI datacenter bandwidth requirements and significant investment from industry leaders like NVIDIA.
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