Cohu Valuation

Is COHU undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of COHU when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate COHU's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate COHU's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for COHU?

Key metric: As COHU is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for COHU. This is calculated by dividing COHU's market cap by their current revenue.
What is COHU's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio2.6x
SalesUS$444.88m
Market CapUS$1.13b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does COHU's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for COHU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
ICHR Ichor Holdings
1.3x10.6%US$1.1b
DQ Daqo New Energy
1x22.7%US$1.2b
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings
0.9x10.2%US$1.7b
SEDG SolarEdge Technologies
0.8x17.5%US$823.5m
COHU Cohu
2.6x15.5%US$1.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: COHU is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the peer average (1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does COHU's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Semiconductor Industry?

20 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AMKR Amkor Technology
1x5.6%US$6.28b
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings
0.9x10.2%US$1.71b
JKS JinkoSolar Holding
0.08x8.0%US$1.25b
DQ Daqo New Energy
1x22.7%US$1.25b
COHU 2.6xIndustry Avg. 4.1xNo. of Companies20PS048121620+
20 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: COHU is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (4.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COHU's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

COHU PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.6x
Fair PS Ratio3.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: COHU is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst COHU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$24.40
US$31.40
+28.7%
17.7%US$40.00US$23.00n/a5
Jan ’26US$26.70
US$31.17
+16.7%
16.4%US$40.00US$23.00n/a6
Dec ’25US$26.40
US$30.71
+16.3%
15.8%US$40.00US$23.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$27.35
US$30.71
+12.3%
15.8%US$40.00US$23.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$24.69
US$33.29
+34.8%
15.6%US$40.00US$26.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$26.91
US$33.29
+23.7%
15.6%US$40.00US$26.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$28.01
US$34.43
+22.9%
13.9%US$40.00US$26.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$32.39
US$34.71
+7.2%
12.9%US$40.00US$27.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$32.24
US$34.71
+7.7%
12.9%US$40.00US$27.00n/a7
May ’25US$29.60
US$38.00
+28.4%
11.7%US$45.00US$30.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$32.99
US$38.00
+15.2%
11.7%US$45.00US$30.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$32.81
US$38.00
+15.8%
11.7%US$45.00US$30.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$32.16
US$37.43
+16.4%
13.1%US$45.00US$28.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$35.39
US$38.43
+8.6%
14.4%US$45.00US$27.00US$26.707
Dec ’24US$32.32
US$38.43
+18.9%
14.4%US$45.00US$27.00US$26.407
Nov ’24US$30.30
US$43.29
+42.9%
17.6%US$52.00US$30.00US$27.357
Oct ’24US$34.44
US$44.14
+28.2%
17.6%US$52.00US$30.00US$24.697
Sep ’24US$37.72
US$44.14
+17.0%
17.6%US$52.00US$30.00US$26.917
Aug ’24US$43.34
US$42.71
-1.4%
15.3%US$52.00US$33.00US$28.017
Jul ’24US$41.56
US$41.00
-1.3%
14.5%US$52.00US$33.00US$32.397
Jun ’24US$38.17
US$39.29
+2.9%
10.0%US$45.00US$33.00US$32.247
May ’24US$33.93
US$38.57
+13.7%
12.4%US$45.00US$30.00US$29.607
Apr ’24US$38.39
US$38.57
+0.5%
12.4%US$45.00US$30.00US$32.997
Mar ’24US$37.73
US$38.57
+2.2%
12.4%US$45.00US$30.00US$32.817
Feb ’24US$37.30
US$37.00
-0.8%
15.6%US$45.00US$28.00US$32.168
Jan ’24US$32.05
US$37.00
+15.4%
15.6%US$45.00US$28.00US$35.398
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 5 Analysts
US$31.40
Fair Value
22.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
5
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/17 22:45
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Cohu, Inc. is covered by 11 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Craig EllisB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Richard RyanColliers Securities
Christian SchwabCraig-Hallum Capital Group LLC