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The price of Lightpath Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: LPTH) closed at $7.44 in the last session, down -3.88% from day before closing price of $7.74. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.88 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.39 million shares were traded. LPTH stock price reached its highest trading level at $7.79 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.03.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LPTH’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.91 and its Current Ratio is at 1.66. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.27.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Craig Hallum on April 28, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $5.50.
On January 03, 2025, H.C. Wainwright reiterated its Buy rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $3 to $5.
On February 23, 2021, H.C. Wainwright started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $5.50.H.C. Wainwright initiated its Buy rating on February 23, 2021, with a $5.50 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LPTH now has a Market Capitalization of 332346368 and an Enterprise Value of 376887616. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.93 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 20.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.131 whereas that against EBITDA is -76.699.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LPTH is 1.19, which has changed by 3.4285712 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13837254 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LPTH has reached a high of $10.69, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.40. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 19.76%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 106.93%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LPTH traded on average about 1.37M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2576040 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 42.95M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 41.26M. Insiders hold about 7.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 36.18% stake in the company. Shares short for LPTH as of 1759190400 were 995555 with a Short Ratio of 0.73, compared to 1756425600 on 570781. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 995555 and a Short% of Float of 2.6300002.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 1.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.06, with high estimates of -$0.06 and low estimates of -$0.06.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.2 and -$0.2 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.2. EPS for the following year is $0.06, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $0.06 and $0.06.
Revenue Estimates
According to 4 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $12.66M. It ranges from a high estimate of $13.46M to a low estimate of $11.88M. As of. The current estimate, Lightpath Technologies, Inc’s year-ago sales were $8.4MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $14.15M. There is a high estimate of $16.3M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $12.5M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LPTH’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $60.31M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $57.72M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $59.13M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $37.2MBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $72.23M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $76.61M and the low estimate is $67.02M.
