Zacks Small Cap Issues Optimistic Estimate for POET Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Small Cap has upgraded its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for POET Technologies to ($0.09) per share, an improvement from the previous estimate of ($0.11).
• POET Technologies reported a loss of ($0.21) EPS for the last quarter, missing analysts' consensus by ($0.10) and generating revenue of only $0.27 million.
• Recent institutional activity includes Osaic Holdings increasing its stake in POET by 22.3% and several other firms making new investments, indicating growing interest in the company.

POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Small Cap upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of POET Technologies in a report released on Monday, September 8th. Zacks Small Cap analyst L. Thompson now expects that the company will earn ($0.09) per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of ($0.11). 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 ($0.09) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.32) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.31) EPS.

Separately, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of POET Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have assigned a Buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, POET Technologies has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $6.25.

POET Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ POET traded down $0.16 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $5.09. 938,379 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,579,505. The company's 50-day moving average is $5.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $4.69. The company has a market capitalization of $461.31 million, a P/E ratio of -6.29 and a beta of 0.38. POET Technologies has a 1 year low of $2.98 and a 1 year high of $7.79.

POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The company reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.11) by ($0.10). The business had revenue of $0.27 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $0.39 million. POET Technologies had a negative net margin of 11,497.01% and a negative return on equity of 141.43%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On POET Technologies

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC purchased a new position in POET Technologies during the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Sentry LLC acquired a new stake in POET Technologies in the first quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft acquired a new stake in POET Technologies in the first quarter valued at approximately $47,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its stake in POET Technologies by 390.4% in the second quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 13,520 shares of the company's stock valued at $70,000 after acquiring an additional 10,763 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Scotia Capital Inc. boosted its stake in POET Technologies by 13.0% in the second quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 18,295 shares of the company's stock valued at $95,000 after acquiring an additional 2,100 shares in the last quarter. 1.99% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

POET Technologies Company Profile

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.