FY2025 Earnings Estimate for POET Issued By Zacks Small Cap

Key Points

• Zacks Small Cap raised its FY2025 EPS estimate for POET to ($0.30) from ($0.32), while the consensus full‑year estimate remains ($0.45); Zacks also projects EPS of ($0.06) for Q4‑2025, ($0.23) for FY2026 and $0.02 for FY2027.
• POET missed its most recent quarterly results, reporting ($0.11) EPS vs. ($0.09) expected and revenue of $0.30M vs. $0.55M, and the company shows very large negative net margin and return on equity.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed—Wall Street Zen upgraded POET to a "hold" while Weiss Ratings keeps a "sell"—with a consensus rating of Hold and a $6.25 target; the stock trades around $4.25 with a $385.6M market cap and only ~2% institutional ownership.

POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Small Cap upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of POET Technologies in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, November 18th. Zacks Small Cap analyst L. Thompson now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.30) per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of ($0.32). The consensus estimate for POET Technologies' current full-year earnings is ($0.45) per share. Zacks Small Cap also issued estimates for POET Technologies' Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.06) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.23) EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.02 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently commented on POET. Wall Street Zen raised POET Technologies from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of POET Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $6.25.

POET Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of POET opened at $4.25 on Thursday. POET Technologies has a 52 week low of $3.09 and a 52 week high of $9.41. The firm has a market cap of $385.57 million, a P/E ratio of -5.25 and a beta of 0.37. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $6.28 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5.53.

POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 13th. The company reported ($0.11) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.09) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $0.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.55 million. POET Technologies had a negative return on equity of 141.43% and a negative net margin of 11,497.01%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On POET Technologies

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of POET. Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new position in shares of POET Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. New Millennium Group LLC bought a new position in POET Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its position in POET Technologies by 1,967.2% during the third quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 5,168 shares of the company's stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 4,918 shares in the last quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC bought a new stake in POET Technologies during the first quarter worth $26,000. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of POET Technologies by 95.3% in the 3rd quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 8,487 shares of the company's stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 4,142 shares in the last quarter. 1.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About POET Technologies

POET Technologies Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells discrete and integrated opto-electronic solutions in Canada, the United States, Singapore, and China. It offers integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques.

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