Cohu, Inc. COHU R2KAI
Company Overview
Cohu, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides semiconductor test equipment and services in the United States, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and internationally. It supplies test and inspection metrology automation systems, micro-electromechanical system test modules, test contactors, thermal subsystems, and data analytics software for semiconductor manufacturers and test subcontractors. The company also provides semiconductor automated test equipment for wafer level and device package testing; various test handlers, including pick-and-place, turret, gravity, strip, film frame, laser marker, and thermal sub-systems; interface products comprising test contactors, and probe heads and pins; spares and kits; various parts and labor warranties on test and handling systems, and instruments; and training on the maintenance and operation of its systems, as well as application, data management software, and consulting services on its products. In addition, it offers data analytics product that includes DI-Core, a software suite used to optimize Cohu equipment performance, which provides real-time online performance monitoring and process control. Further, the company provides artificial intelligence process control and analytics-based monitoring software. It markets its products through direct sales force and independent sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Cohu Electronics, Inc. and changed its name to Cohu, Inc. in 1972. Cohu, Inc. was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Why Investors Should Care
Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.
Recent Developments
- Dec 2025 Revenue of $452.96M (+12.7% YoY); net profit $-74.27M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +29.3%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 6.3%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 6.27% |
| 1 Year: | 29.30% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | +184.01% |
| 6 Months: | +107.67% |
| 3 Months: | +48.27% |
| 1 Month: | -4.76% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
Cohu supplies semiconductor test and inspection equipment plus data-analytics software used to test the chips that serve AI, automotive and computing.
Test handlers, contactors, thermal subsystems and test-data analytics for semiconductor manufacturers and subcontractors.
- Test for AI & compute chips Cohu's test and inspection systems verify the power, logic and computing chips that AI demand is driving.
- AI-driven test analytics Its data-analytics software uses machine learning to improve yield and reduce test cost for customers.
- Recurring consumables & services Contactors, spares and services provide recurring revenue across the installed base.
- Picks-and-shovels test exposure to the chip cycle that AI is driving.
- Recurring consumables cushion equipment cyclicality.
- Currently loss-making amid a cyclical trough (negative ROE).
- Semiconductor-capex cyclicality and customer concentration are key risks.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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Technical Trend
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Fundamental Growth Charts
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PROS
- Generates positive free cash flow.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
No notable concerns flagged.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COHU Cohu, Inc. R2KAI | 55.78 | -46.87 | $2.63B | 0.00% | -6.15% | -6.96% | 6.27% | - |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI | 211.80 | 32.43 | $5.13T | 0.49% | 74.66% | 114.29% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX | 314.86 | 38.07 | $4.62T | 0.37% | 68.72% | 141.47% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI | 384.93 | 22.91 | $2.86T | 0.93% | 26.90% | 34.01% | 9.48% | 10.85% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI | 420.39 | 36.18 | $2.18T | 0.90% | 30.20% | 36.21% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXAI | 389.11 | 64.85 | $1.85T | 0.68% | 16.70% | 37.28% | 24.38% | 26.24% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 983.12 | 46.37 | $1.11T | 0.06% | 13.69% | 39.82% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 548.13 | 181.50 | $893.78B | 0.00% | 6.33% | 8.06% | 13.64% | 48.64% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI | 1,775.64 | 59.55 | $684.36B | 0.47% | 42.97% | 52.24% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Apr 2017 | Jun 2017 | Jul 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Apr 2023 | Jul 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 67.51M | 63.48M | 65.78M | 76.35M | 69.26M | 70.69M | 81.10M | 81.10M | 93.87M | 93.87M | 93.65M | 84.09M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gross Profit | 22.79M | 20.40M | 19.28M | 26.74M | 23.28M | 25.53M | - | 32.26M | - | 37.13M | 36.91M | 34.42M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 2.27M | - | -1.51M | 3.22M | 906.00K | - | 8.02M | - | 11.64M | - | 10.42M | - | 11.59M | 10.77M | 7.01M | - | -17.98M | -14.66M | -6.02M | - | -13.63M | -528.00K | -1.36M | - | 35.73M | 114.52M | 33.72M | 27.69M | 36.91M | 33.71M | 19.88M | 15.66M | 7.40M | -17.97M | -16.30M | -15.77M | -27.33M | -17.24M | -9.72M | -11.15M |
| Net Income | 1.11M | 1.95M | -1.69M | 2.46M | 179.00K | 2.09M | 6.76M | 6.76M | 10.43M | 10.43M | 8.76M | 6.89M | 8.12M | 11.65M | 4.80M | -56.75M | -22.64M | -19.32M | -10.47M | -17.27M | -17.28M | -4.74M | -6.65M | 14.86M | 27.61M | 95.10M | 23.73M | 21.57M | 28.77M | 24.88M | 15.69M | 10.58M | 3.92M | -14.63M | -15.77M | -18.06M | -30.80M | -16.88M | -4.10M | -12.07M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.04 | 0.07 | -0.06 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.16 | -1.40 | -0.55 | -0.47 | -0.25 | -0.42 | -0.42 | -0.11 | -0.16 | 0.34 | 0.61 | 1.92 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.08 | -0.31 | -0.34 | -0.39 | -0.66 | -0.36 | -0.09 | -0.26 |
| R&D Expense | 8.61M | - | 7.68M | 8.35M | 8.67M | - | 9.78M | - | 9.47M | - | 9.61M | - | 11.78M | 11.05M | 11.09M | - | 22.73M | 22.11M | 20.48M | - | 22.47M | 20.42M | 20.50M | - | 23.15M | 23.42M | 22.79M | 23.11M | 23.16M | 23.37M | 22.51M | 22.47M | 21.48M | 22.34M | 21.34M | 20.32M | 23.15M | 23.19M | 22.45M | 26.39M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 171.26M | 322.67M | 308.97M | 206.31M | 214.51M | 316.63M | 269.65M | 282.08M | 352.70M | 451.77M | 583.33M | 636.01M | 887.21M | 812.77M | 636.32M | 401.78M | 452.96M |
| Gross Profit | - | - | 100.13M | 67.98M | 63.39M | 105.97M | 89.04M | 94.83M | 140.72M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -15.10M | 29.68M | 17.34M | -13.96M | -30.98M | 19.40M | 7.96M | 3.04M | 37.73M | -29.78M | -52.33M | 3.26M | 201.52M | 125.56M | 43.27M | -71.67M | -69.77M |
| Net Income | -28.17M | 24.64M | 15.72M | -12.24M | -33.42M | 8.71M | 250.00K | 3.04M | 32.84M | -32.18M | -69.70M | -13.80M | 167.32M | 96.85M | 28.16M | -69.82M | -74.27M |
| Diluted EPS | -1.20 | 1.02 | 0.64 | -0.50 | -1.34 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 1.14 | -1.01 | -1.69 | -0.33 | 3.45 | 1.98 | 0.59 | -1.49 | -1.59 |
| R&D Expense | 31.96M | 36.20M | 36.23M | 33.56M | 40.45M | 36.02M | 33.11M | 34.84M | 40.74M | 56.43M | 86.15M | 86.15M | 91.96M | 92.59M | 88.57M | 84.80M | 92.21M |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 366.04M | 361.61M | 334.87M | 345.42M | 344.76M | 345.35M | 345.51M | 420.46M | 1.13B | 1.08B | 1.09B | 1.26B | 1.23B | 1.15B | 999.41M | 1.24B |
| Total Equity | 285.54M | 257.25M | 274.73M | 291.03M | 280.90M | 253.16M | 247.07M | 238.14M | 235.47M | 289.09M | 546.24M | 483.07M | 512.29M | 882.50M | 928.84M | 950.17M | 856.89M | 785.54M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 30.19M | 38.25M | 45.92M | 53.26M | 102.81M | 51.67M | 70.89M | 115.37M | 96.05M | 134.29M | 164.46M | 155.19M | 149.36M | 290.20M | 242.34M | 245.52M | 206.41M | 227.05M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.58M | 343.43M | 346.52M | 311.55M | 103.39M | 72.66M | 34.30M | 7.05M | 285.03M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 71.53M | 51.87M | 36.38M | 61.01M | 68.22M | 63.19M | 68.69M | 85.27M | 160.59M | 148.88M | 174.45M | 192.46M | 160.87M | 103.42M | 85.18M | 109.08M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 2.76M | 19.52M | 12.24M | 13.17M | 3.42M | 19.68M | 21.48M | 24.55M | 39.75M | 34.44M | 17.27M | 49.88M | 97.92M | 112.86M | 101.47M | 2.78M | 31.69M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 9.43M | -9.78M | -806.00K | 41.17M | -51.33M | 8.64M | 31.03M | -32.92M | -7.04M | - | -16.55M | -18.36M | 39.89M | -67.87M | -30.21M | 21.92M | -257.02M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -4.90M | -1.83M | -3.86M | -5.76M | -3.15M | -4.18M | -4.98M | -6.71M | 2.15M | 322.11M | -8.18M | -38.22M | 6.53M | -91.07M | -68.14M | -59.03M | 246.33M |
| Capital Expenditure | -2.51M | -4.58M | -1.41M | -3.24M | -3.61M | -1.46M | -6.59M | -3.45M | -6.09M | -4.97M | -18.00M | -18.66M | -12.00M | -14.77M | -16.05M | -10.63M | -20.96M |
| Free Cash Flow | 255.00K | 14.94M | 10.82M | 9.93M | -190.00K | 18.22M | 14.89M | 21.10M | 33.66M | 29.47M | -731.00K | 31.22M | 85.92M | 98.09M | 85.42M | -7.86M | 10.73M |
| Share Buybacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7.32M | 50.72M | 23.64M | 26.99M | 8.59M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | 32.4% | 32.9% | 29.5% | 33.5% | 33.0% | 33.6% | 39.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Margin % | -8.8% | 9.2% | 5.6% | -6.8% | -14.4% | 6.1% | 3.0% | 1.1% | 10.7% | -6.6% | -9.0% | 0.5% | 22.7% | 15.4% | 6.8% | -17.8% | -15.4% |
| Net Margin % | -16.4% | 7.6% | 5.1% | -5.9% | -15.6% | 2.8% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 9.3% | -7.1% | -11.9% | -2.2% | 18.9% | 11.9% | 4.4% | -17.4% | -16.4% |
| ROE % | -10.9% | 9.0% | 5.4% | -4.4% | -13.2% | 3.5% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 11.4% | -5.9% | -14.4% | -2.7% | 19.0% | 10.4% | 3.0% | -8.1% | -9.5% |
| ROCE % | - | 10.1% | 5.6% | -4.7% | -10.9% | 7.0% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 11.3% | -3.1% | -5.6% | 0.4% | 18.9% | 11.8% | 4.1% | -7.8% | -6.2% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 15.50% | 7.31M | $448.88M |
| 2 | Victory Capital Management Inc. | 4.89% | 2.31M | $141.61M |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4.32% | 2.04M | $125.15M |
| 4 | Royce & Associates LP | 4.30% | 2.03M | $124.49M |
| 5 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.17% | 1.97M | $120.81M |
| 6 | State Street Corporation | 3.87% | 1.83M | $112.13M |
| 7 | Barrow, Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC | 3.77% | 1.78M | $109.27M |
| 8 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3.32% | 1.57M | $96.24M |
| 9 | Systematic Financial Management, L.P. | 2.97% | 1.40M | $86.03M |
| 10 | Frontier Capital Management Company LLC | 2.74% | 1.29M | $79.48M |
Analyst View
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COHU — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Cohu, Inc. (COHU)?
As of 2026-07-14 21:23 PDT, Cohu, Inc. (COHU) trades at $55.78 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $17.86 to $73.91.
What is the market capitalisation of COHU?
Cohu, Inc. (COHU) has a market capitalisation of $2.63B on NasdaqGS.
What is the P/E ratio of COHU?
COHU trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -46.87. The industry average P/E is 36.02. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.76.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of COHU?
COHU has a return on equity (ROE) of -6.96%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is -6.15%.
Is COHU a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of Cohu, Inc. (COHU), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.