February 4, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Investrend Research Syndicate) — ValuEngine has issued a fundamentals-based analytical evaluation of the photo-optical equipment industry in an 18-page report dated February 3, 2010. Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) (Approx. Market Cap US$ 755.5 Million) is among twenty companies included in the report.

The full ValuEngine photo-optical equipment industry report includes important disclosures, disclaimers and analyst information. ValuEngine and Investrend both strongly advise that investors exercise an expeditious degree of due diligence before trading in the equities of any public company, including carefully and entirely reading all available analyst reports and respective report disclosures, and then only in conjunction with advice from at least one trusted, registered financial advisor or broker.  ValuEngine and Investrend further advise that any analyst rating, recommendation, target valuation, price target or opinion should be considered merely a portion of a potential investor’s total investigative process. (More about ratings and valuations is available at http://www.investrend.com/ratings).

Coherent, Inc. provides photonics-based solutions for commercial and scientific research applications worldwide. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

The entire ValuEngine report on the Photo-Optics Industry is currently available via the Investrend Research Syndicate (at http://www.investrend.com/photo-optic).

COHR stock closed at $30.68 per-share yesterday, trading on volume of 429,400 shares (vs. a 3-month average daily trading volume of 161,390 shares).  COHR stock’s 52-week high was $30.78 per-share on February 2, 2010. COHR’s 52-week low was $14.29 on March 5, 2009. Yahoo Finance notes COHR’s 1-year target estimate (per-share stock projected valuation) at $36.20.

Coherent, Inc.’s SEC filings are directly accessible via the SEC website (at http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000021510).

Source for Coherent, Inc.’s company description: Coherent, Inc.

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