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About nLIGHT Inc
nLIGHT, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace and defense, industrial, and microfabrication applications. It operates through two segments, Laser Products and Advanced Development. The company offers semiconductor lasers with various ranges of power levels, wavelengths, and output fiber sizes; and programmable and serviceable fiber lasers for use in aerospace and defense and… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductors
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: April 26, 2018
Headquarters: 4637 NW 18th Avenue, Camas, WA, United States, 98607
Founder-Led: Yes — Scott Keeney (Co-Founder, Chairman, President & CEO)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$81.39
Market Cap
$4.02B
Float
55.0M
Shares Outstanding
56.4M
P/E (Forward)
136.99
Price/Sales (TTM)
13.88
vs. Analyst Target
+6.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
-5.08%
Operating Margin (TTM)
-0.53%
Revenue (TTM)
$290M
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$86.43 (7 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$223M
-$20.9M
$59.4M
-$7.4M
2021
$270M
-$29.7M
$77.3M
-$15.2M
2022
$242M
-$54.6M
$50.8M
-$35.5M
2023
$210M
-$41.7M
$46.1M
-$29.9M
2024
$199M
-$60.8M
$33.0M
-$43.7M
2025
$261M
-$23.5M
$78.0M
-$20.0M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$61.7M
-$3.6M
Sep 2025
$66.7M
-$6.9M
Dec 2025
$81.2M
-$4.9M
Mar 2026
$80.2M
$645,000
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
3.7%
Institutional Ownership
91.8%
Short Float
5.3%
% of All Funds Holding
3.65%
Number of Funds Holding
300
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$71.65
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$47.80
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$30.62
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$19.28
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$47.42
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$29.99
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$21.01
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$70.00
support
1.04x
0 months ago
$59.00
support
1.04x
0 months ago
$68.00
support
2.29x
1 months ago
$46.00
support
1.87x
2 months ago
$38.50
support
1.07x
3 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (33 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
1.71%
-0.03%
45.45%
32.98%
-25.07%
1 Day
3.39%
1.05%
51.52%
38.14%
-23.50%
1 Week
4.16%
2.91%
60.61%
47.15%
-30.11%
2 Weeks
3.83%
-1.64%
48.48%
68.29%
-24.00%
1 Month
6.85%
0.09%
50.00%
109.29%
-52.53%
Next earnings: August 6, 2026 (69 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
3.3%
50.0%
8
Feb
0.1%
50.0%
8
Mar
-8.3%
37.5%
8
Apr
3.7%
37.5%
8
May
28.4%
62.5%
8
Jun
2.7%
62.5%
8
Jul
1.0%
50.0%
8
Aug
-2.9%
50.0%
8
Sep
-5.6%
50.0%
8
Oct
-2.7%
37.5%
8
Nov
17.4%
75.0%
8
Dec
-0.2%
50.0%
8
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
0.27%
48.0%
381
Tuesday
0.06%
49.4%
419
Wednesday
0.24%
49.0%
414
Thursday
0.19%
50.6%
407
Friday
-0.05%
46.7%
409
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 91.8%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 3.7%
Founder-led management: Scott Keeney (Co-Founder, Chairman, President & CEO)
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