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nLIGHT, Inc.

$LASR·$3.9B·Semiconductors·Technology
$42.27-1.6%YTD+100.5%1Y+48.6%
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2026-08-22: 2 posts43+5%
Price updated 6h ago·X counts updated 9d ago
LALASR
$LASRnLIGHT, Inc.
$42.27-1.56%43 posts+5%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $LASR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeSelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-26

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

nLIGHT is up 51% t12m but 31% below the 50-day — the 'China shaft' supply-chain pain is doing real damage even as bulls buy the dip.

nLIGHT Inc. is the laser-and-photonics specialty semiconductor company (industrial lasers, defense photonics) whose stock has been in a genuine break-down as China-related supply-chain issues bite. The bull thesis is intact but the tape damage is real.

  • The Q2 print was solid: EPS $0.15 vs sell-side $0.14 (6% beat), following Q1 EPS $0.20 vs $0.08 (a huge 150% beat) — that's operational execution that supports the underlying thesis, and last quarter revenue $80M with 31% gross margin is decent for a specialty photonics name.
  • The 'China shaft' overhang is the operational drag: multiple posters buying the extreme weakness aggressively but acknowledging the 'China shaft' supply-chain pain — that's specific enough to matter, and it's the reason the tape is 31% below the 50-day despite the operational cadence being okay.
  • The tape is decisively broken: at 27% of the 52-week range, 31% below the 50-day and 24% below the 200-day on 1.31x elevated volume with beta 2.36 — that's distribution volume, not consolidation; LASR being 'elevated to a major position alongside HL/LPTH/PESI' by bulls is contrarian conviction but doesn't stop the near-term damage.

The path if this works is the Nov 5 Q3 print delivering another clean beat plus concrete new-sourcing commentary that resolves the China-supply overhang, taking the tape past $55. What breaks it further is another quarterly miss or a specific China-supply-chain escalation — LASR requires resolution of the specific China issue, and the tape has room to fall further before finding fundamental support.

Agrees with X sentimentThe X bulls have the setup right — LASR buying extreme weakness aggressively despite acknowledged 'China shaft' supply-chain pain, elevated to major position alongside HL/LPTH/PESI, new-sourcing updates anticipated, smaller add grouped with GRAB/KEEL/INOD in a buy-and-chill portfolio move — and mechanics reflect the breaking-down trajectory; the sample understates how much damage the tape has taken.

What to watch: Nov 5 Q3 print (sell-side EPS $0.06) — a clean beat plus concrete new-sourcing commentary that resolves the China-supply overhang extends the tape past $55; another quarterly miss or a specific China-supply-chain escalation breaks the tape back toward $25.

On the calendar: 2026-11-05 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Sentiment on nLIGHT is bullish into weakness. Traders lean on a Department of War statement calling directed energy "a critical technology area" for homeland and border defense as validation, and treat the recent selloff as "a transitory issue" tied to mundane China-sourced components. One holder bought "Much heavier" on the extreme weakness and expects management to onshore fabrication, with "ZERO reliance on China." The setup is framed as interesting heading into the next earnings call.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes semiconductor and fiber lasers for industrial cutting, directed energy weapons, and microfabrication.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LASR.

Semiconductors · Technology

Hyperscaler AI capex keeps Blackwell allocation tight and HBM3e pricing firm; NVDA's data-center backlog and AVGO's networking wins confirm the cycle is not peaking. LLM context-window expansion — the structural demand pull — extends through at least 2H26.

What this means for $LASR

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; nLIGHT, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+56.0%YTD
+94.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-242.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-3.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-6.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
12.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-5.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
31.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.15$0.14+6.3%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$0.20$0.08+150.0%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$0.14$0.11+27.3%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$0.08$0.02+300.0%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $0.06

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$80.2M+55.2%33.1%-0.5%$0.01$7.6M
Q4 FY25$81.2M+71.3%30.7%-6.7%$-0.10$15.9M
Q3 FY25$66.7M+18.9%31.1%-10.9%$-0.14$2.4M
Q2 FY25$61.7M+22.2%29.9%-6.9%$-0.07$-3.8M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$307.1M$304.3M – $313.7M$0.52$0.41 – $0.577
FY27$347.4M$338.7M – $360.5M$0.68$0.59 – $0.797
FY28$438.5M$437.0M – $440.0M$1.08$1.03 – $1.152
FY29$505.0M$487.9M – $530.3M$1.30$1.24 – $1.381
FY30$584.0M$564.2M – $613.3M$1.80$1.72 – $1.921

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.25%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-30.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-26.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 52.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.365-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 24Scott H KeeneyCEO181.8K sh$8.0MSellAug 21Scott H KeeneyCEO181.8K sh$8.5MSellJun 4Corso Joseph JohnCFO3.8K sh$278KSellJun 4Scott H KeeneyCEO16.1K sh$1.2MSellJun 3Scott H KeeneyCEO8.9K sh$694KSellJun 3Corso Joseph JohnCFO3.8K sh$299KSellJun 3James NiasChief Accounting Officer940 sh$73KSellMay 29Scott H KeeneyCEO41.4K sh$3.0MSellMay 28Scott H KeeneyCEO41.4K sh$3.3MSellMay 21Scott H KeeneyCEO41.4K sh$3.1M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteJun 88-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

LASR (LASR) disclosed the results of its annual meeting of shareholders in an 8-K filing under Item 5.07. Shareholders voted on an advisory say-on-pay resolution, ratification of the independent auditor. All management-sponsored proposals were approved by majority shareholder vote. Annual meeting results are a routine disclosure that confirms shareholder ratification of the board's composition and compensation practices.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

nLIGHT's CEO Sells Over 360,000 Shares for $16.5 Million as the Stock Drops Post-Earningsfool.com·6d agoBlaize Holdings, Lightwave Logic, nLight Diverge in Big Price Swings Today247wallst.com·18d agoAssenagon Asset Management S.A. Acquires 36,329 Shares of nLight $LASRdefenseworld.net·19d agonLight (NASDAQ:LASR) Shares Gap Down – Here’s Whydefenseworld.net·23d agoLASR Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates on Strong A&D Growthzacks.com·25d ago

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