COHERENT CORP.
For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Aug 14, 2026.
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FY2026 · Filed Aug 14, 2026
What changed in Risk Factors?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-K
Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-15.
0000820318-25-000014
Item 1A. Risk Factor SummaryCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2026-06-30; filed 2026-08-14.
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Item 1A. Risk Factor SummaryThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
Compared 38 previous paragraphs and 38 current paragraphs.
29 unchanged; 5 reworded; 4 added; 3 removed; 1 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.
Tables are not compared: 0 previous and 0 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.
A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.
Added paragraphs (4)
Current report
•Our reliance on contract manufacturers, and any failure to qualify or requalify our own or our subcontractors’ manufacturing lines for volume production, could adversely affect our ability to meet customer demand and harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Current report
•We may not be able to achieve expected returns from strategic investments, including capacity expansions.
Current report
•We purchase a significant amount of the materials and components used in our products from a limited number of suppliers.
Current report
•Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting may cause a loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements or cause us to delay filing our periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and may adversely affect our stock price.
Removed paragraphs (3)
Previous report
•Our business is subject to various governmental regulations. Compliance with these regulations may cause us to incur significant expense and failure to maintain compliance with applicable regulations could adversely affect our business.
Previous report
•The redemption rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock may result in the use of our cash in such a way that could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Previous report
•Holders of our Series B Preferred Stock can exercise significant control over us, which could limit the ability of holders of our other capital stock to influence the outcome of key transactions, including a change of control.
Reworded paragraphs (5)
Previous wording
•We may be adversely impacted by any of the multiple uncertainties and outcomes associated with the use and evolution of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”).
Current wording
•We may be adversely impacted by any of the multiple uncertainties and outcomes associated with the use and evolution of AI.
Previous wording
•Government actions and regulations, such as export restrictions, tariffs, and trade protection measures, may limit our ability to sell our products to certain customers or markets, or could otherwise restrict our ability to conduct operations.
Current wording
•Significant political, trade, regulatory developments, and other circumstances beyond our control, including those resulting from increased tariffs and ongoing geopolitical tensions, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and may limit our ability to sell our products to certain customers or markets, or could otherwise restrict our ability to conduct operations.
Previous wording
•We are subject to complex and rapidly changing import and export regulations of the countries in which we operate and/or sell which could limit our sales and decrease our profitability, and we may be subject to legal and regulatory consequences if we do not comply with applicable export control laws and regulations.
Current wording
•We are subject to complex and rapidly changing domestic and international laws and regulations, including import and export regulations of the countries in which we operate and/or sell which could limit our sales and decrease our profitability, and we may be subject to legal and regulatory consequences if we do not comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Previous wording
•We are subject to a variety of complex and evolving laws, regulations, or industry standards, including with respect to environmental, health, safety, and product considerations, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
Current wording
•We are subject to a variety of complex and evolving laws, regulations, or industry standards, including with respect to environmental, health, safety, and product considerations and cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI requirements, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
Previous wording
•Our common stock is subordinate to our existing and future indebtedness, the Series B Preferred Stock, and any other preferred stock we may issue in the future. Our Series B Preferred Stock ranks junior to all of our and our subsidiaries’ consolidated liabilities.
Current wording
•Our common stock is subordinate to our existing and future indebtedness, and any preferred stock we may issue in the future.
Rearranged previous paragraphs (1)
Previous report — wording carried elsewhere
•Significant political, trade, regulatory developments, and other circumstances beyond our control, including as a result of recently announced tariffs, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.