POET Technologies (POET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

POET Technologies develops photonic integrated circuits and optical engines for applications that require high-speed data transmission. Its products are designed for markets including data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure and telecommunications.

The company’s proprietary Optical Interposer platform is intended to integrate optical and electronic components using semiconductor manufacturing techniques. POET uses this platform to develop compact optical engines that combine components such as lasers, photonic devices and integrated circuits.

POET Technologies is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and has roots in OPEL Technologies, adopting its current name in 2013. Its products are aimed at customers in global communications and computing markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.96 to $5.23
• 50-Day Range: $4.26 to $8.41
• 52-Week Range: $3.87 to $20.81
• Volume: 6.74 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $887.70 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $8.00
• Consensus Rating: Sell

POET Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

POET Technologies scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 458th out of 594 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: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

POET Technologies has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

POET Technologies has a consensus price target of $8.00, representing about 55.9% upside from its current price of $5.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

POET Technologies has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Earnings Growth

Earnings for POET Technologies are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.28) to ($0.19) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of POET Technologies is -8.84, 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 POET Technologies is -8.84, 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

POET Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 3.69. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.40% of the float of POET Technologies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

POET Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.23, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in POET Technologies has recently decreased by 2.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

POET Technologies does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

POET Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.39

News Sentiment

POET Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.39. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for POET Technologies this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

23 people have searched for POET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 35% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

16 people have added POET Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, POET Technologies insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.46% of the stock of POET Technologies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

1.99% of the stock of POET Technologies is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Today: 11/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Semiconductors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:POET
• CIK: 1437424
• Web: www.poet-technologies.com
• Phone: (416) 368-9411
• Fax: 416-365-1813
• Employees: 80
• Year Founded: 1985

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for POET Technologies: $8.00
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $8.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +55.9%
• Consensus Rating: Sell
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.58)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$62.96 million
• Net Margins: -4,423.13%
• Pretax Margin: -4,423.13%
• Return on Equity: -11.65%
• Return on Assets: -10.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 24.45
• Quick Ratio: 24.46

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.08 million
• Price / Sales: 821.94
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.39 per share
• Price / Book: 3.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 173,040,000
• Free Float: 172,239,000
• Market Cap: $887.70 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.91