COHU INC COHU
Cohu, Inc. ("Cohu", "we", "our", "us" and the "Company") was founded in 1947 and is a global supplier of equipment and services optimizing semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity. Cohu's differentiated and broad product portfolio enables optimized yield and productivity, accelerating customers' manufacturing time-to-market. Our products and services provide enabling capability and technology to customers that deliver connectivity around the globe, autonomous driving to our cities, high-performance computing to enable artificial intelligence ("AI") applications, advanced medical equipment to improve lives, robotic automation to accelerate productivity, and much more.
Cohu's recurring revenue consists of interface products, services, spares, upgrades, configuration tooling, and software analytics, supporting a resilient and scalable business model which complements the systems revenue driven by the capital expenditure of our customers. Our active equipment installed base exceeds 25,000 systems, serving over 280 high-volume manufacturing facilities across 108 customers in 31 countries.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Where the revenue comes from as reported in the latest 10-K
Revenue by geography
- Rest of the World
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- China
- Malaysia
- United States
- Singapore
| Region | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rest of the World | $128.3M | $116.9M | $192.0M |
| Philippines | $68.9M | $51.3M | $92.5M |
| Taiwan | $64.7M | $22.6M | $27.9M |
| China | $60.7M | $59.5M | $92.4M |
| Malaysia | $57.3M | $54.0M | $100.9M |
| United States | $47.0M | $56.7M | $77.0M |
| Singapore | $26.2M | $40.8M | $53.5M |
As the company reported it, from the “Note 11 - Segment and Geographic Information - Summary of Net Sales to Customers, Attributed to Countries (Details)” note of its latest 10-K. Every figure here has been checked against the total revenue the same filing reported. Regions are the filer's own and are not mapped onto a standard list — one company's “Americas” and another's “United States” are different areas, and making them look comparable would mean making at least one of them wrong. Slices under 1% are folded into “Other”.
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $453.0M | $401.8M | $636.3M | $812.8M | $887.2M | $636.0M | $583.3M | $451.8M | $352.7M | $282.1M |
| Cost of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | $364.2M | $353.5M | $292.5M | $209.3M | $182.1M |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | $271.8M | $229.8M | $159.3M | $140.7M | $94.8M |
| R&D | $92.2M | $84.8M | $88.6M | $92.6M | $92.0M | $86.2M | $86.1M | $56.4M | $40.7M | $34.8M |
| SG&A | $123.6M | $128.0M | $132.2M | $131.4M | $127.0M | $129.2M | $142.9M | $96.8M | $60.7M | $55.2M |
| Total operating expenses | $522.7M | $473.4M | $593.0M | $687.2M | $685.7M | $632.7M | $635.7M | $481.5M | $315.0M | $279.0M |
| Operating income | -$69.8M | -$71.7M | $43.3M | $125.6M | $201.5M | $3.3M | -$52.3M | -$29.8M | $37.7M | $3.0M |
| Interest expense | $2.1M | $618.0K | $3.4M | $4.2M | $6.4M | $13.8M | $20.6M | $5.0M | $54.0K | — |
| Pre-tax income | -$62.4M | -$64.9M | $45.8M | $126.7M | $192.3M | -$13.2M | -$72.1M | -$31.9M | $35.4M | $6.0M |
| Income tax | $11.9M | $4.9M | $17.7M | $29.9M | $25.0M | $666.0K | $3.1M | $631.0K | $2.2M | $2.7M |
| Net income | -$74.3M | -$69.8M | $28.2M | $96.8M | $167.3M | -$13.8M | -$69.7M | -$32.2M | $32.8M | $3.0M |
| 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 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | 46.7M | 46.9M | 48.0M | 48.8M | 48.5M | 41.9M | 41.2M | 31.8M | 28.9M | 27.5M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $227.1M | $206.4M | $245.5M | $242.3M | $290.2M | $149.4M | $155.9M | $164.5M | $134.3M | $96.0M |
| Short-term investments | $256.9M | $55.7M | $90.2M | $143.2M | $89.7M | $20.7M | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | $129.0M | $141.9M | $155.8M | $170.1M | $161.1M | $142.5M | $130.7M | $139.3M | $62.1M | $45.5M |
| Total current assets | $750.0M | $534.3M | $638.8M | $764.9M | $750.8M | $485.0M | $439.7M | $485.2M | $297.4M | $245.1M |
| Property, plant and equipment | $77.0M | $74.8M | $69.1M | $65.0M | $64.0M | $66.9M | $70.9M | $74.3M | $34.2M | $18.2M |
| Goodwill | $283.0M | $234.6M | $241.7M | $213.5M | $219.8M | $252.3M | $238.7M | $242.1M | $65.6M | $58.8M |
| Other intangibles | $79.3M | $110.7M | $151.8M | $140.1M | $177.3M | $233.7M | $275.0M | $319.0M | $16.7M | $17.8M |
| Total assets | $1.24B | $999.4M | $1.15B | $1.23B | $1.26B | $1.09B | $1.08B | $1.13B | $420.5M | $345.5M |
| Accounts payable | $40.7M | $30.6M | $33.6M | $51.8M | $85.2M | $67.9M | $48.7M | $48.1M | $37.6M | $31.4M |
| Short-term debt | $11.1M | $1.7M | $6.3M | $6.3M | $14.4M | $8.4M | $6.5M | $6.7M | $4.4M | — |
| Total current liabilities | $109.1M | $85.2M | $103.4M | $160.9M | $192.5M | $174.5M | $148.9M | $160.6M | $85.3M | $68.7M |
| Long-term debt | $285.0M | $7.1M | $34.3M | $72.7M | $103.4M | $311.6M | $346.5M | $343.4M | $4.6M | — |
| Retained earnings | $174.5M | $248.7M | $318.6M | $290.4M | $193.6M | $26.2M | $42.5M | $111.7M | $150.7M | $124.6M |
| Total equity | $785.5M | $856.9M | $950.2M | $928.8M | $882.5M | $512.3M | $483.1M | $545.9M | $289.1M | $235.5M |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $31.7M | $2.8M | $101.5M | $112.9M | $97.9M | $49.9M | $17.3M | $34.4M | $39.8M | $24.5M |
| Depreciation and amortisation | $50.7M | $52.5M | $49.7M | $46.0M | $48.6M | $52.7M | $58.9M | $26.0M | $9.2M | $10.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $23.0M | $20.7M | $17.2M | $14.9M | $13.8M | $14.2M | — | $18.3M | $7.0M | $7.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $21.0M | $10.6M | $16.1M | $14.8M | $12.0M | $18.7M | $18.0M | $5.0M | $6.1M | $3.5M |
| Investing cash flow | -$257.0M | $21.9M | -$30.2M | -$67.9M | $39.9M | -$18.4M | -$16.5M | — | -$7.0M | -$32.9M |
| Financing cash flow | $246.3M | -$59.0M | -$68.1M | -$91.1M | $6.5M | -$38.2M | -$8.2M | $322.1M | $2.1M | -$6.7M |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | $0 | $0 | $5.0M | $9.8M | $6.9M | $6.6M | $6.4M |
| Buybacks | $8.6M | $27.0M | $23.6M | $50.7M | $7.3M | $0 | $0 | — | — | — |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001437749-26-004339.
Plot the figures US dollars
- Revenue
- Gross profit
- Net income
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $282.1M | $352.7M | $451.8M | $583.3M | $636.0M | $887.2M | $812.8M | $636.3M | $401.8M | $453.0M |
| Gross profit | $94.8M | $140.7M | $159.3M | $229.8M | $271.8M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $3.0M | $32.8M | -$32.2M | -$69.7M | -$13.8M | $167.3M | $96.8M | $28.2M | -$69.8M | -$74.3M |
Recent filings and events
- Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
- Charter or fiscal year changed A change to the company's governing documents, or to when its year ends. Item 5.03
- Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
- New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
- Unregistered share sale Shares issued outside a registered offering. Dilution, and for a small company often the way it is funded. Item 3.02
- Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
- Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.
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