Lumentum (LITE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lumentum Holdings Inc. is a technology company that designs and manufactures optical and photonic products for communications networks, industrial applications, and consumer electronics. Its portfolio includes optical components, modules, and subsystems used in fiber-optic networks, data centers, cloud computing infrastructure, telecommunications equipment, and high-speed connectivity systems.

The company also develops laser products for applications such as industrial processing, sensing, three-dimensional imaging, and other specialized commercial and consumer uses. Its products are sold to network equipment manufacturers, communications service providers, cloud and data-center operators, and original equipment manufacturers worldwide.

Lumentum was established as an independent public company in 2015 through a spinoff from JDS Uniphase. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, and operates internationally through a global network of research, manufacturing, sales, and service locations. Alan Lowe has served as Lumentum’s president and chief executive officer since its formation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $822.00 to $867.41
• 50-Day Range: $813.51 to $1,133.40
• 52-Week Range: $152.54 to $1,143.00
• Volume: 4.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.77 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $74.65 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $1,078.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Lumentum Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lumentum scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 133rd out of 590 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Lumentum has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 16 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Lumentum has a consensus price target of $1,078.75, representing about 30.9% upside from its current price of $824.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lumentum has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 67.16%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lumentum are expected to grow by 67.16% in the coming year, from $19.79 to $33.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lumentum is -10.02, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lumentum is -10.02, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lumentum has a P/B Ratio of 13.81. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.34% of the float of Lumentum has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lumentum has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lumentum has recently increased by 14.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Lumentum does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Lumentum does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.66

News Sentiment

Lumentum has a news sentiment score of 0.66. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 42 news articles for Lumentum this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

145 people have searched for LITE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 11% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

63 people have added Lumentum to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 54% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lumentum insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $85,978,498.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.28% of the stock of Lumentum is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.05% of the stock of Lumentum is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/11/2026
• Today: 10/19/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Communications Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Communications Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LITE
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:LITEV
• CIK: 1633978
• Web: www.lumentum.com
• Phone: (408) 546-5483
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,757
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lumentum: $1,078.75
• High Price Target: $1,400.00
• Low Price Target: $240.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +30.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.65
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($82.21)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 41.64
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$6.94 billion
• Net Margins: -230.15%
• Pretax Margin: -237.98%
• Return on Equity: 26.34%
• Return on Assets: 10.25%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 1.68
• Quick Ratio: 1.40

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.01 billion
• Price / Sales: 24.77
• Cash Flow: $13.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 63.29
• Book Value: $59.69 per share
• Price / Book: 13.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 90,580,000
• Free Float: 90,329,000
• Market Cap: $74.65 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.53