Cohu, Inc.

COHU Technology Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Cohu, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $453.0 million, up 12.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+37.0%
EPS
+384.2%
Free cash flow
+116.6%
Total debt
+1,593.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

37.72 2.82 +8.08%
Market cap
$1.7B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
353×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.42
Beneish M
−3.66
Dividend safety
n/a

Cohu, Inc. (COHU) Return on invested capital

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Cohu, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −1.45%, up 5.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−7.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.42% (fiscal 2024) to 20.3% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median of 6.36% and below the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −7.30% 0.12
FY2024 −7.42% (11.55)
FY2023 4.13% (8.48)
FY2022 12.6% (7.69)
FY2021 20.3% 19.99
FY2020 0.31% 5.12
FY2019 −4.81% (2.27)
FY2018 −2.54% (19.09)
FY2017 16.6% 14.78
FY2016 1.77% (2.34)

Against its own ten years

Low −7.42% High 20.3%
Ten-year median 1.77%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PLAB Photronics, Inc. compare 11.3%
ACLS Axcelis Technologies, Inc. compare 8.43%
ACMR ACM Research, Inc. compare 6.70%
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. compare 5.60%
VECO Veeco Instruments Inc. compare 2.05%
IPGP IPG Photonics Corporation compare 1.06%
COHU Cohu, Inc. −1.45%
AEHR Aehr Test Systems compare −8.57%
AMBA Ambarella, Inc. compare −11.2%
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median 6.36%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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