The networking company also expects adjusted operating margins of 32% to 35% and free cash flow margins of about 20% by fiscal 2029.
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Take shares of optical networking companies Lumentum and Coherent which are slipping after Marvell Technology reported earnings. The company, which designs custom chips and supplies optical networking technology, did everything right. Marvell is at the heart of the great AI date-center buildout.

The artificial-intelligence trade roared back to life on Thursday after Nvidia's medium-term guidance signaled that demand for chips should remain robust next year. Shares of Marvell Technology jumped 4% in premarket trading.

Record revenue and margin expansion driven by AI data center optical connectivity demand.

A record-breaking quarter from Fabrinet sent its stock tumbling 20% and dragged the entire AI optical complex down with it, raising a question now rippling through Marvell, Coherent, and Amphenol shareholders: is this a one-day shakeout or a crack in the AI buildout thesis?
Coherent recovered from an early decline as accelerating data-center sales and stronger margins reinforced its role in AI connectivity.

Two optics companies beat earnings estimates and watched their stocks crater while rivals selling into the exact same AI demand surge went flying in the opposite direction. The divergence comes down to something buried in the cash flow disclosures that most headlines missed.

Moby summary of Coherent, Inc.'s Q4 2026 earnings call

Coherent (COHR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +7.41% and +2.66%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

AI stocks led the market Wednesday, fueled by Nebius, Lumentum, CoreWeave and Super Micro. Cisco and Coherent were earnings movers late.

Coherent beat earnings and revenue estimates and offered a stronger-than-expected outlook as demand for its optical-networking technology grows with AI infrastructure.
Coherent reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.74 beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.12. Revenue reached $2.05 billion, surpassing the $1.98 billion estimate and marking a 34% increase YoY.

Materials and photonics company Coherent (NYSE:COHR) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

Lumentum just torched Wall Street expectations and sent shockwaves through the entire AI optics complex, pulling peers like Coherent, Corning, and Ciena sharply higher as analysts scramble to figure out whether the rally has legs or has already outrun reality.

Coherent (NYSE:COHR) shares climbed 5. 7% in premarket trading to $347.
Investor interest in photonics is rising as hyperscalers ramp AI spending, fueling expectations for a multi-year boom for optical connectivity tech providers.

The optical networking company reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter.

AXT has surged over 350% this year riding the AI optical wave, but tonight Lumentum reports earnings and its commentary on next-generation datacenter connectivity could either validate that run or trigger another painful reversal for anyone exposed to the InP supply chain.
Cisco and Coherent both report earnings the same afternoon, putting two very different AI networking bets head to head. One carries a 93% crowd-backed beat probability while the other just shed 14% in a single session, and only one belongs in a retirement portfolio.
Coherent heads into fiscal Q4 earnings with strong AI demand, capacity expansion and margin gains, but its sharp rally and premium valuation support a Hold.
Two AI optics darlings that posted triple-digit gains this year are suddenly selling off hard, and the reason has less to do with bad news than with what investors are bracing for this week.
LITE heads into fiscal Q4 earnings with strong AI optics demand and a 1.6T transceiver ramp, though supply constraints could limit upside.
SYMBOTIC INC (SYM) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -25.00% and +0.85%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) reported record second-quarter revenue and a return to profitability, driven by strong demand for indium phosphide substrates used in optical connectivity for AI data centers. Management said it is accelerating capacity expansion as customer demand continues to exceed supply. Seco
