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As of close of business last night, Lightpath Technologies, Inc’s stock clocked out at $5.67, down -0.87% from its previous closing price of $5.72. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.87 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.9 million shares were traded. LPTH stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.86 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.44.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of LPTH’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.26 and its Current Ratio is at 2.30. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.25.
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 243236768 and an Enterprise Value of 285488768. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 7.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 15.47. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.49 whereas that against EBITDA is -59.691.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LPTH is 1.10, which has changed by 3.8461537 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18469036 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LPTH has reached a high of $6.44, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 54.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 102.38%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that LPTH traded 529.04K shares on average per day over the past three months and 2130180 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 42.89M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 39.14M. Insiders hold about 8.77% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 37.67% stake in the company. Shares short for LPTH as of 1755216000 were 384209 with a Short Ratio of 0.73, compared to 1752537600 on 305585. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 384209 and a Short% of Float of 1.06.
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 3.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.04, with high estimates of -$0.03 and low estimates of -$0.04.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.22 and -$0.24 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.23. EPS for the following year is -$0.09, with 3.0 analysts recommending between -$0.06 and -$0.11.
Revenue Estimates
In the current quarter, 5 analysts expect revenue to total $12.2M. It ranges from a high estimate of $12.6M to a low estimate of $11.94M. As of the current estimate, Lightpath Technologies, Inc’s year-ago sales were $8.63MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $12.89M. There is a high estimate of $13.29M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $12.6M.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LPTH’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $37.59M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $36.93M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $37.2M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $31.73MBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $54.84M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $56.06M and the low estimate is $53.22M.
