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After finishing at $20.93 in the prior trading day, nLIGHT Inc (NASDAQ: LASR) closed at $19.67, down -6.02%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.64 million shares were traded. LASR stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.69 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $19.45.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LASR by taking a closer look at its different 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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 1034767872 and an Enterprise Value of 888378368. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.73 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.57. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.319 whereas that against EBITDA is -22.568.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LASR is 2.43, which has changed by 0.8112339 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19283521 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LASR has reached a high of $21.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.20. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.71%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 59.75%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 837.75K shares per day over the past 3-months and 973040 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 49.44M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 46.76M. Insiders hold about 5.41% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.29% stake in the company. Shares short for LASR as of 1752537600 were 1538756 with a Short Ratio of 1.84, compared to 1749772800 on 1560959. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1538756 and a Short% of Float of 3.2300000000000004.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 7.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.07, with high estimates of -$0.02 and low estimates of -$0.11.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.14 and -$0.39 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.27. EPS for the following year is -$0.17, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $0.09 and -$0.32.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $55.24M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $56M to a low estimate of $53.87M. As of the current estimate, nLIGHT Inc’s year-ago sales were $50.51MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $56.22M. There is a high estimate of $61M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $52.74M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LASR’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $230.5M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $211.65M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $220.3M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $198.55MBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $239.45M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $255.7M and the low estimate is $221.11M.
