POET Technologies (POET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

POET Technologies, Inc. is a technology company that develops photonic integrated circuits, optical engines and related semiconductor components for high-speed communications. Its products are designed to convert and transmit data using light, supporting applications in data centers, telecommunications networks, artificial intelligence infrastructure and high-performance computing.

The company’s technology is based on its Optical Interposer platform, which integrates electronic and photonic components into compact, scalable modules. POET’s product portfolio includes optical engines and light-source solutions intended for applications such as 400G, 800G and higher-speed optical transceivers, as well as co-packaged and board-level optical systems.

POET Technologies was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company works with international manufacturing and development partners and markets its technology to customers and industry participants in global communications and computing markets. POET is led by Chief Executive Officer Dr. Suresh Venkatesan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.54 to $7.93
• 50-Day Range: $6.37 to $9.58
• 52-Week Range: $3.87 to $20.81
• Volume: 6.87 million shs
• Average Volume: 20.91 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.18 billion
• 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 6% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 581st out of 595 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: 1.0 / 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/Downside

The consensus price target for POET Technologies is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

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 -13.23, 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 -13.23, 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 5.53. 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

14.93% 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 2.67, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in POET Technologies has recently increased by 2.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

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: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.26

News Sentiment

POET Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.26. 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 0.68 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for POET Technologies this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 31 people have searched for POET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -38% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 8 people have added POET Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -53% 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: 9/29/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2026
• 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: +4.3%
• 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: 1,090.49
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.39 per share
• Price / Book: 5.52

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 153,550,000
• Free Float: 152,842,000
• Market Cap: $1.18 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.83