NASDAQ:LITE - Lumentum Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lumentum trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LITE."

Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The technology company reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.24. The technology company earned $457.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $452.18 million. Lumentum had a negative net margin of 0.19% and a positive return on equity of 20.63%. Lumentum's revenue was up 22.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.15 earnings per share. View Lumentum's Earnings History.

Lumentum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lumentum.

Lumentum issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.00-1.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $400-425 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $409.00 million.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lumentum's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate Lumentum's share price to reach $87.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lumentum.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lumentum in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lumentum.

News headlines about LITE stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lumentum earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lumentum.

Lumentum saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,400,000 shares, an increase of 22.7% from the December 31st total of 7,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,360,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.9 days. Currently, 12.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Lumentum's Current Options Chain.

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Lumentum's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.29%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.25%), Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (1.12%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.09%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.09%). Company insiders that own Lumentum stock include Aaron Tachibana, Alan S Lowe, Brian Lillie, Christopher W Coldren, Harold L Covert, Jason Reinhardt, Judy G Hamel, Martin A Kaplan, Matthew Joseph Sepe, Penny Herscher, Vincent Retort and Wajid Ali. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lumentum.

LITE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AXA, Man Group plc, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust and Pinnacle Associates Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Lumentum company stock in the last year include Alan S Lowe, Brian Lillie, Jason Reinhardt, Judy G Hamel, Matthew Joseph Sepe, Penny Herscher, Vincent Retort and Wajid Ali. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lumentum.

LITE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Westpac Banking Corp, DE Burlo Group Inc., UBS Group AG and Resources Investment Advisors LLC.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lumentum.

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

One share of LITE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.80.

Lumentum has a market capitalization of $5.59 billion and generates $1.57 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-36,400,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $3.30 on an earnings per share basis. Lumentum employs 5,161 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lumentum.

The official website for Lumentum is http://www.lumentum.com/.

Lumentum's mailing address is 400 NORTH MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA, 95035. The technology company can be reached via phone at 408-546-5483 or via email at [email protected]