Cohu Inc
COHU Nasdaq· Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$47.96
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Cohu Inc had $453M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 12.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −6.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −15.4%, up 2.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −15 is left after running the business.
- Cohu Inc lost $74.3M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $10.7M in fiscal 2025, 2.4% of revenue.
- Cohu Inc returned $8.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 80% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.4%.
- Cohu Inc has $179M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
—
Revenue
$453M
Net income
−$74.3M
Free cash flow
$10.7M
Operating margin
−15.4%
Cohu Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+12.7%
Yes. Sales grew 12.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−16.4%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.4%
Partly. 2.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 8
Mixed. It passes 5 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Cohu Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 27, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 17, 2026
- Legal name
- COHU INC
- CIK
- 0000021535
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $887M | $813M | $636M | $402M | $453M |
| Revenue growth | 39.5% | −8.4% | −21.7% | −36.9% | 12.7% |
| Operating margin | 22.7% | 15.4% | 6.8% | −17.8% | −15.4% |
| Net income | $167M | $96.8M | $28.2M | −$69.8M | −$74.3M |
| Net margin | 18.9% | 11.9% | 4.4% | −17.4% | −16.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.45 | $1.98 | $0.59 | −$1.49 | −$1.59 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $97.9M | $113M | $101M | $2.8M | $31.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $12.0M | $14.8M | $16.1M | $10.6M | $21.0M |
| Free cash flow | $85.9M | $98.1M | $85.4M | −$7.9M | $10.7M |
| FCF margin | 9.7% | 12.1% | 13.4% | −2.0% | 2.4% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | — | — | — |
| Share buybacks | $7.3M | $50.7M | $23.6M | $27.0M | $8.6M |
| Share count change | 15.8% | 0.7% | −1.6% | −2.3% | −0.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $380M | $386M | $336M | $262M | $484M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $120M | $79.8M | $40.9M | $17.2M | $305M |
| Shareholders' equity | $883M | $929M | $950M | $857M | $786M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.0x | −1.8x | −3.2x | — | — |
| Current ratio | 3.9x | 4.8x | 6.2x | 6.3x | 6.9x |
| Interest coverage | 31.4x | 30.1x | 12.8x | −116.0x | −34.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 28.2% | 15.4% | 4.3% | −9.4% | −9.1% |
| Return on equity | 24.0% | 10.7% | 3.0% | −7.7% | −9.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | 34.5% | 16.8% | 5.1% | −13.6% | −17.5% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.9 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 5.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$13.0M
8 insiders
Of sales under plans
64%
$8.4M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
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Dividends and buybacks
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At $47.96 a share, the company is worth $2.3B.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000021535). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.