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Held by 330 of 6,047 reporting institutions (94th percentile) — extremely crowded.
Data as of Q2 2026
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Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.
Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.
Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.
Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.
How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.
Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
A reverse discounted cash flow is not shown for a company with no positive EBITDA.
No positive EBITDA in the recent record, so there is no return on capital to compare against its cost.
Classified from the filings: EBITDA negative in each of the last 2 years.
Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.
Drag any bubble to rearrange · size = dollar value of the position
Ranked against 14 sector peers with collected financials. Valuation from latest close × latest fiscal-year fundamentals; 13F conviction as of 2026-06-30.
Percentile is “goodness” within the peer set (100 = best). For valuation and leverage that means cheaper / less-levered ranks higher.
| Company | Mkt cap ▼ | P/E | EV/EBITDA | P/S | Rev gr | Gross | Net | ROE | ROIC | Net D/EBITDA | 13F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST | $6.0B | 196.1× | 16.7× | 1.6× | -5.8% | 29.3% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 4.6× | 449 |
| VNT | $4.4B | 11.8× | 9.8× | 1.4× | 3.2% | — | 13.2% | 32.6% | 12.2% | 2.6× | 440 |
| MIR | $3.9B | 144.6× | 20.6× | 4.2× | 7.5% | 47.4% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.2× | 336 |
| BMI | $3.7B | 26.8× | 18.0× | 4.1× | 10.9% | 41.7% | 15.5% | 19.9% | 19.9% | -1.2× | 463 |
| ITRI | $3.7B | 13.0× | 10.8× | 1.6× | -3.0% | 37.7% | 12.7% | 17.5% | 10.2% | 0.6× | 400 |
| COHU | $2.8B | — | — | 6.1× | 12.7% | — | -16.4% | -9.5% | -6.9% | — | 330 |
| AEHR | $2.3B | — | — | 46.7× | -15.2% | 35.3% | -14.3% | -3.2% | -3.2% | — | 255 |
| ALNT | $1.7B | 75.1× | 26.3× | 3.0× | 4.6% | 32.8% | 4.0% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 2.0× | 221 |
| FEIM | $803M | — | — | 12.7× | -9.4% | 29.1% | -1.4% | -1.6% | -1.6% | — | 140 |
| TRNS | $771M | 144.5× | 22.0× | 2.3× | 19.2% | 32.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.4× | 168 |
| MLAB | $706M | 104.3× | 31.4× | 2.8× | 3.4% | 63.5% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 1.7× | 154 |
| CTKB | $701M | — | — | 3.5× | 0.5% | 51.8% | -33.0% | -19.5% | -19.5% | — | 152 |
| MASS | $489M | 21.9× | — | 8.7× | 17.7% | 50.6% | 34.7% | 13.6% | 13.6% | — | 111 |
| SENS | $428M | — | — | 12.2× | 56.9% | 44.7% | -196% | -113% | -71.5% | — | 109 |
| OPTX | $278M | — | 133.9× | 9.9× | -1.3% | 23.3% | -6.4% | -18.8% | -14.7% | 1.1× | 62 |
Peers = companies sharing COHU's sector (Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec Signals) with collected SEC financials. Multiples use the most recent end-of-day close and latest fiscal-year fundamentals (trailing, not forward). Missing cells mean the peer never reported that line item, has no collected price, or has a non-positive denominator. Not investment advice.
What the company returns to shareholders — and whether it's covered by cash.
No dividend to cover. Last year: $0 dividends + $8.6M buybacks = $8.6M returned on $10.7M FCF.
Yields use the latest fiscal-year dividends/buybacks over current market cap. Dividends and buybacks from the SEC cash-flow statement; payout coverage vs net income and free cash flow. Educational — not a recommendation.
How management deployed cash over 10 years — and what it earned on reinvestment.
A reinvestment story — most cash went back into growth rather than to shareholders.
Operating income fell despite reinvestment — a warning on capital productivity. Current ROIC on all capital: -7%. Rough measure (includes maintenance capex).
Cash uses aggregated from the SEC cash-flow statement over 10 fiscal years. "Return on reinvestment" is a rough proxy — operating-income change ÷ cumulative CapEx + M&A — and includes maintenance capex. Educational — not a recommendation.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-14
Is the profit real, and how strong is the balance sheet?
FY2025 · every deduction from revenue to net income
DuPont — the three levers
ROE -9% against ROIC -7% — -3% of the return on equity comes from leverage and buybacks rather than from the operating business.
What the company owes vs. what it holds
This shows debt/cash structure and net leverage. The year-by-year maturity schedule is on the Debt & Leverage tab.
Latest year: profit growth vs revenue growth
Profit and sales moved in opposite directions this year.
Each line as % of revenue — the trend in color
| % of revenue | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Revenue | 64.7 | 60.6 | 57.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D | 12.5 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 13.9 | 21.1 | 20.4 |
| SG&A | 21.4 | 24.5 | 20.3 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 20.8 | 31.9 | 27.3 |
| Operating Income | -6.6 | -9.0 | 0.5 | 22.7 | 15.4 | 6.8 | -17.8 | -15.4 |
| Income Tax | 0.1 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Net Income | -7.1 | -11.9 | -2.2 | 18.9 | 11.9 | 4.4 | -17.4 | -16.4 |
Green = margin-favorable vs the row's own range · red = unfavorable.
The metrics that matter, over time
A 30-second read on COHU: price, valuation and headline fundamentals from SEC filings. The four questions at the top of the page are where the judgements live.
How much the company owes, how it's trended, and how comfortably it's serviced.
Cash of $227.1M covers the $11.1M due within a year 20.5× over. Scheduled principal only (excludes interest & revolver draws). As of 2025-12-27 (10-K).
Green ≤ 1.5× · amber ≤ 3× · red > 3× (leverage relative to cash earnings).
Thin coverage — earnings barely cover interest. Effective rate ~0.7% on $296.1M of debt.
Cash of $227.1M fully covers short-term debt of $11.1M.
Mostly long-term debt (balance-sheet current vs non-current split). See the maturity ladder above for the year-by-year repayment schedule.
Debt, cash, interest and equity from the SEC balance sheet & income statement. Effective rate = interest ÷ average debt. Maturity ladder from the SEC long-term-debt repayment schedule. Educational — not a recommendation.
Earns -18.81pts against its cost of capital — capital is being consumed, not created.
| Period | ROIC | Cost of capital | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | -5.4% | 12.5% (today's — no rate published for this year) | -17.9pts |
| FY2020 | 0.3% | 12.5% (today's — no rate published for this year) | -12.2pts |
| FY2021 | 20.8% | 9.3% | 11.5pts |
| FY2022 | 12.0% | 10.2% | 1.8pts |
| FY2023 | 4.2% | 9.8% | -5.6pts |
| FY2024 | -7.8% | 12.0% | -19.8pts |
| FY2025 | -5.8% | 11.2% | -17.0pts |
| Now | -6.9% | 12.5% | -19.4pts |
| Fiscal year | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 33.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| FY2017 | 39.9% | 10.7% | 9.3% |
| FY2018 | 35.3% | -6.6% | -7.1% |
| FY2019 | 39.4% | -9.0% | -11.9% |
| FY2020 | 42.7% | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| FY2021 | not reported | 22.7% | 18.9% |
| FY2022 | not reported | 15.4% | 11.9% |
| FY2023 | not reported | 6.8% | 4.4% |
| FY2024 | not reported | -17.8% | -17.4% |
| FY2025 | not reported | -15.4% | -16.4% |
$279M of goodwill — 33% of invested capital. The gap is what was paid above the fair value of what was bought; it is real capital shareholders provided, so neither bar is the whole answer.
Net margin is -1639.74% against 1191.56% 3 years ago — a step down the business has not recovered, whatever the spread says today.
Converts 1.52x of reported profit into free cash flow over 3 years, with accruals negative.
Reported free cash flow is $11M; after share-based compensation it is -$12M. The difference is a real cost that the cash flow statement adds back. Buybacks of $9M covered 37% of the $23M charge, so the repurchase is absorbing dilution rather than returning capital.
Debt is present but there is no positive EBITDA or no reported interest expense, so coverage cannot be measured.
Ladder as of 2025-12-27 (10-K); cash from the 2025-12-27 balance sheet; FCF from FY2025.
Balance sheet at 2025-12-27. Undrawn revolving credit is not shown: the tag is collected but not yet mapped through to the API.
No material counter-signal in the checked set: net debt / EBITDA, interest coverage, stressed coverage, maturity schedule vs cash and one year of FCF, liquidity ratios.
Missing from our data, so excluded from this answer: ebitda.
At $58.24, free cash flow must compound 36.26%/yr for 10 years. It has no positive compounding record after stock compensation to compare against.
| Fiscal year | FCF growth | Price requires |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 324.6% | 36.3% |
| FY2022 | 15.3% | 36.3% |
| FY2023 | −18.0% | 36.3% |
| FY2024 | −141.9% | 36.3% |
This is solved on free cash flow AFTER stock compensation ($28M against $48M before it). On the unadjusted figure the requirement would be 28.18%/yr. Which is right depends on whether you think the share issuance is a recurring cost of running the business.
| Step | Amount | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Net income | −$74M | −$74M |
| Share-based comp | $23M | −$51M |
| Other non-cash & working capital | $83M | $32M |
| Operating cash flow | $32M | $32M |
| Capex | −$21M | $11M |
| Free cash flow | $11M | $11M |
| FCF after SBC | −$12M | −$12M |
| Fiscal year | Revenue growth | Receivables growth | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9.0% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2021 | 39.5% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2022 | -8.4% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2023 | -21.7% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2024 | -36.9% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2025 | 12.7% | not reported | not reported |
| Fiscal year | Accruals / assets |
|---|---|
| FY2019 | -8.1 percent |
| FY2020 | -5.8 percent |
| FY2021 | 5.5 percent |
| FY2022 | -1.3 percent |
| FY2023 | -6.4 percent |
| FY2024 | -7.3 percent |
| FY2025 | -8.5 percent |
SBC is added back inside operating cash flow, so reported free cash flow treats shares issued to employees as free. Percent of revenue says how expensive the payroll is; percent of operating cash flow says how much of the cash exists only because the charge was added back. The buyback offset is buybacks over SBC — below 1.0 the repurchase does not cover the shares issued.
Figures are the latest fiscal year (FY2025) from the company's own filings, not a trailing-twelve-month window — Q2 reads fiscal years throughout so the cash-conversion ratios and these share one basis. A blank is a line the filer did not report; it is never read as zero.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-14
How a revenue dollar becomes profit — FY2025
Dividends and buybacks are cash paid out, shown here against the same year's profit for scale — not funded from it.
Each value shows its share of revenue below it (common-size).
| Line Item | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $453.0M 100.0% | $401.8M 100.0% | $636.3M 100.0% | $812.8M 100.0% | $887.2M 100.0% | $636.0M 100.0% | $583.3M 100.0% | $451.8M 100.0% | $352.7M 100.0% | $282.1M 100.0% |
| Cost of Revenue | — | — | — | — | — | $364.2M 57.3% | $353.5M 60.6% | $292.5M 64.7% | $209.3M 59.3% | $182.1M 64.6% |
| Gross Profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $140.7M 39.9% | $94.8M 33.6% |
| Research & Development | $92.2M 20.4% | $84.8M 21.1% | $88.6M 13.9% | $92.6M 11.4% | $92.0M 10.4% | $86.2M 13.5% | $86.1M 14.8% | $56.4M 12.5% | $40.7M 11.5% | $34.8M 12.4% |
| Selling, General & Admin | $123.6M 27.3% | $128.0M 31.9% | $132.2M 20.8% | $131.4M 16.2% | $127.0M 14.3% | $129.2M 20.3% | $142.9M 24.5% | $96.8M 21.4% | $60.7M 17.2% | $55.2M 19.6% |
| Total Operating Expenses | $522.7M 115.4% | $473.4M 117.8% | $593.0M 93.2% | $687.2M 84.6% | $685.7M 77.3% | $632.7M 99.5% | $635.7M 109.0% | $481.5M 106.6% | $315.0M 89.3% | $279.0M 98.9% |
| Operating Income | -$69.8M -15.4% | -$71.7M -17.8% | $43.3M 6.8% | $125.6M 15.4% | $201.5M 22.7% | $3.3M 0.5% | -$52.3M -9.0% | -$29.8M -6.6% | $37.7M 10.7% | $3.0M 1.1% |
| Interest Expense | $2.1M 0.5% | $618K 0.2% | $3.4M 0.5% | $4.2M 0.5% | $6.4M 0.7% | $13.8M 2.2% | $20.6M 3.5% | $5.0M 1.1% | $54K 0.0% | — |
| Pretax Income | -$62.4M -13.8% | -$64.9M -16.2% | $45.8M 7.2% | $126.7M 15.6% | $192.3M 21.7% | -$13.2M -2.1% | -$72.1M -12.4% | -$31.9M -7.1% | $35.4M 10.0% | $6.0M 2.1% |
| Income Tax Expense | $11.9M 2.6% | $4.9M 1.2% | $17.7M 2.8% | $29.9M 3.7% | $25.0M 2.8% | $666K 0.1% | -$3.1M -0.5% | $631K 0.1% | $2.2M 0.6% | $2.7M 1.0% |
| Net Income | -$74.3M -16.4% | -$69.8M -17.4% | $28.2M 4.4% | $96.8M 11.9% | $167.3M 18.9% | -$13.8M -2.2% | -$69.7M -11.9% | -$32.2M -7.1% | $32.8M 9.3% | $3.0M 1.1% |
| Per Share | ||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) | -$1.59 | -$1.49 | $0.59 | $2.01 | $3.53 | -$0.33 | -$1.69 | -$1.01 | $1.18 | $0.11 |
| EPS (Diluted) | -$1.59 | -$1.49 | $0.59 | $1.98 | $3.45 | -$0.33 | -$1.69 | -$1.01 | $1.14 | $0.11 |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Basic) | 46.7M | 46.9M | 47.5M | 48.2M | 47.4M | 41.9M | 41.2M | 31.8M | 27.8M | 26.7M |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Diluted) | 46.7M | 46.9M | 48.0M | 48.8M | 48.5M | 41.9M | 41.2M | 31.8M | 28.9M | 27.5M |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (annual, fiscal year). Quarterly flow items are derived from cumulative filings; balance-sheet figures are as-of each period end. Ratios and margins are computed, not reported.