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The price of nLIGHT Inc (NASDAQ: LASR) closed at $19.64 in the last session, up 2.59% from day before closing price of $19.14. In other words, the price has increased by $2.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.69 million shares were traded. LASR stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $19.12.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LASR’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 26 ’25 when Keeney Scott H sold 33,682 shares for $19.53 per share. The transaction valued at 657,809 led to the insider holds 1,206,540 shares of the business.
Keeney Scott H bought 33,682 shares of LASR for $657,875 on Jun 26 ’25. On Jun 18 ’25, another insider, Keeney Scott H, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, sold 6,316 shares for $19.13 each. As a result, the insider received 120,825 and left with 1,240,222 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 970744576 and an Enterprise Value of 888872768. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.72 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.56. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.321 whereas that against EBITDA is -22.581.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LASR is 2.35, which has changed by 0.7866242 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1185931 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LASR has reached a high of $20.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.20. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 38.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 74.29%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LASR traded on average about 683.14K shares per day over the past 3-months and 1064440 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 49.44M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 46.73M. Insiders hold about 5.48% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.53% stake in the company. Shares short for LASR as of 1749772800 were 1560959 with a Short Ratio of 2.28, compared to 1747267200 on 2019748. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1560959 and a Short% of Float of 3.27.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
