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In the latest session, nLIGHT Inc (NASDAQ: LASR) closed at $17.99 up 2.22% from its previous closing price of $17.6. In other words, the price has increased by $2.22% from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.24 million shares were traded. LASR stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.2 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.51.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of nLIGHT Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.63 and its Current Ratio is at 5.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.15 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.14.
On October 03, 2024, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $15.50.
The Benchmark Company Upgraded its Hold to Speculative Buy on November 28, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $17.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 18 ’25 when Keeney Scott H sold 6,316 shares for $19.13 per share. The transaction valued at 120,825 led to the insider holds 1,240,222 shares of the business.
Keeney Scott H sold 30,939 shares of LASR for $593,410 on Jun 17 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 1,246,538 shares after completing the transaction at $19.18 per share. On Jun 16 ’25, another insider, Keeney Scott H, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, sold 4,063 shares for $19.01 each. As a result, the insider received 77,238 and left with 1,277,477 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LASR now has a Market Capitalization of 889416576 and an Enterprise Value of 804380736. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.32 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.911 whereas that against EBITDA is -20.434.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LASR is 2.28, which has changed by 0.60481715 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11213791 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LASR has reached a high of $19.43, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.20. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 41.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 63.47%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, LASR has traded an average of 608.89K shares per day and 953560 over the past ten days. A total of 49.44M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 46.72M. Insiders hold about 5.49% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.52% stake in the company. Shares short for LASR as of 1748563200 were 1746830 with a Short Ratio of 2.87, compared to 1745971200 on 2110692. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1746830 and a Short% of Float of 3.66.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
