COHR options flow: unusual options activity in Coherent Corp.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 403 unusual options prints in Coherent Corp. (COHR), $38.5M of tracked premium, close to even between bullish and bearish premium. Bullish premium was $15.9M against $14.9M bearish; $23.8M went into calls and $14.7M into puts, a put call ratio of 0.62. The largest print was $1.7M of COHR 19 Mar 2027 $360 calls on 21 September 2026, executed at bid. The last session with prints, 28 September 2026, added 3 prints and $868K of premium. COHR closed at $295.83 on 25 September 2026, up 1.8%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, 6 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.
Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.
Largest prints of the week
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026 | COHR 19 Mar 2027 $360 calls | Trade | 300 | 84 | $1.7M | At bid | Bearish | Whale |
| 23 Sep 2026 | COHR 15 Jan 2027 $300 calls | Trade | 200 | 1,059 | $1.1M | At ask | Bullish | Whale |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COHR 15 Jan 2027 $360 calls | Sweep | 320 | 762 | $896K | At bid | Neutral | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | COHR 20 Nov 2026 $300 calls | Sweep | 215 | 488 | $869K | At ask | Neutral | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | COHR 20 Nov 2026 $300 calls | Trade | 200 | 488 | $820K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COHR 18 Dec 2026 $230 puts | Trade | 650 | 989 | $819K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 28 Sep 2026 | COHR 15 Jan 2027 $360 calls | Trade | 300 | 1,022 | $807K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COHR 19 Mar 2027 $320 puts | Trade | 100 | 200 | $724K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | COHR 17 Jun 2027 $220 puts | Trade | 250 | 0 | $712K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 21 Sep 2026 | COHR 23 Oct 2026 $320 puts | Sweep | 250 | 3 | $649K | At bid | Neutral | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COHR 19 Mar 2027 $210 puts | Trade | 330 | 516 | $610K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COHR 20 Nov 2026 $400 calls | Sweep | 612 | 1,524 | $594K | At bid | Bearish | High conviction |
Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.
Where the money is aimed
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Nov 2026 | 72 | $9.8M | 87% | -$2.0M |
| 15 Jan 2027 | 41 | $5.3M | 82% | +$1.6M |
| 19 Mar 2027 | 19 | $4.8M | 49% | -$3.0M |
| 18 Dec 2026 | 21 | $2.6M | 17% | +$1.6M |
| 17 Jun 2027 | 45 | $2.3M | 0% | +$2.2M |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 37 | $2.2M | 51% | -$559 |
The most premium, $9.8M, is aimed at the 20 Nov 2026 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 16 Oct 2026.
A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.
The last session, 28 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | COHR 15 Jan 2027 $360 calls | Trade | 300 | 1,022 | $807K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 28 Sep 2026 | COHR 16 Oct 2026 $295 calls | Trade | 16 | 27 | $33K | At ask | Bullish | |
| 28 Sep 2026 | COHR 16 Oct 2026 $580 puts | Trade | 1 | 0 | $28K | At bid | Bullish |
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Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open COHR in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 12 firms, have a median of $416, 40.6% above the last close.
Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.
About Coherent Corp.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Measuring And Control Equipment
- Headquarters
- Saxonburg, Pennsylvania
- Website
- ii-vi.com
II-VI Incorporated develops, manufactures, and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components, and devices worldwide. The Compound Semiconductors segment provides optical and electro-optical components and materials used in high-power CO2 lasers, fiber-lasers, and direct diode lasers. The Photonic Solutions segment manufactures transceivers for data centers and telecom optical networks.
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Learn
- What unusual options activity means
- Reading one ticker's flow
- Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
- Size versus open interest
- Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
- The conviction score and whale prints
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