nLight (LASR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

nLIGHT, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor and fiber lasers for industrial, microfabrication, and aerospace and defense applications. The company operates in two segments, Laser Products and Advanced Development. It offers semiconductor lasers with various ranges of power levels, wavelengths, and output fiber sizes; and programmable and serviceable fiber lasers for use in industrial and aerospace and defense applications. The company also provides laser sensors, including light detection and ranging technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications; and fiber amplifiers, beam combination, and control systems for use in high-energy laser systems in directed energy applications. It sells its products through direct sales force in the United States, China, South Korea, and European countries, as well as through independent sales representatives and distributors in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. The company was formerly known as nLight Photonics Corporation and changed its name to nLIGHT, Inc. in January 2016. nLIGHT, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Camas, Washington.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.43 to $19.99
• 50-Day Range: $7.18 to $19.68
• 52-Week Range: $6.20 to $19.99
• Volume: 919,741 shs
• Average Volume: 435,090 shs
• Market Capitalization: $972.96 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $17.70
• Consensus Rating: Buy

nLight Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

nLight scored higher than 42% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 453rd out of 665 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

nLight has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

nLight has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for nLight are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.10) to ($1.08) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of nLight is -17.42, 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 nLight is -17.42, 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

nLight has a P/B Ratio of 4.40. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.31% of the float of nLight has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

nLight has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in nLight has recently decreased by 10.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

nLight does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.31% of the float of nLight has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

nLight has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in nLight has recently decreased by 10.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.88

News Sentiment

nLight has a news sentiment score of 0.88. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for nLight this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for LASR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, nLight insiders have sold 33,011.98% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $10,405.00 in company stock and sold $3,445,301.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.70% of the stock of nLight is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.88% of the stock of nLight is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LASR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LASR shares performed this year?

nLight's stock was trading at $10.49 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, LASR shares have increased by 87.6% and is now trading at $19.68.
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How were nLight's earnings last quarter?

nLight (NASDAQ:LASR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 8th. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.17) by $0.13. nLight's quarterly revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did nLight IPO?

nLight (LASR) raised $76 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, April 26th 2018. The company issued 5,400,000 shares at $13.00-$15.00 per share. Stifel and Raymond James acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Needham, Canaccord Genuity and D.A. Davidson were co-managers.

How do I buy shares of nLight?

Shares of LASR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of nLight own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that nLight investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/08/2025
• Today: 6/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: ELEC COMP - SEMIC
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LASR
• CIK: 1124796
• Web: www.nlight.net
• Phone: (360) 566-4460
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $17.70
• High Stock Price Target: $24.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -10.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($1.13)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$60.79 million
• Net Margins: -26.80%
• Pretax Margin: -26.84%
• Return on Equity: -22.23%
• Return on Assets: -17.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.09
• Current Ratio: 5.81
• Quick Ratio: 4.63

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $205.69 million
• Price / Sales: 4.73
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.47 per share
• Price / Book: 4.40

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 49,439,000
• Free Float: 46,423,000
• Market Cap: $972.96 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.27