LITELumentum Holdings Inc. shows strong long-term growth potential driven by its critical role in optical networking and industrial laser applications. While recent financial performance has been mixed, its strategic positioning in high-growth markets like AI and data centers, coupled with solid technical indicators, suggests a favorable outlook. Investors should consider the current valuation and potential market volatility.
Lumentum is well-positioned to benefit from several key growth themes, including the expansion of cloud data centers, the increasing demand for high-speed networking driven by AI and 5G, and the growing adoption of advanced laser technologies in industrial applications.
Lumentum's financial health shows a mixed picture with recent revenue declines and net losses, but a manageable debt level and improving gross margins. Future profitability hinges on market recovery and successful product cycles.
The stock has shown strong performance over the past year and is currently trading above key moving averages, indicating positive momentum. However, some short-term indicators suggest a potential for minor consolidation.
| Factor | Score |
|---|---|
| Cloud Data Center Expansion | 90 |
| AI and 5G Infrastructure | 92 |
| Industrial Technology & Laser Applications | 78 |
| Innovation in Photonics | 85 |
| Supply Chain Resilience | 70 |
| Factor | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 40 |
| Profitability | 20 |
| Growth | 30 |
| Balance Sheet Health | 45 |
| Cash Flow | 30 |
| Earnings Quality | 70 |
| Factor | Score |
|---|---|
| Trend Analysis | 90 |
| Momentum | 50 |
| Moving Averages | 70 |
| Volume Analysis | 65 |
| Support and Resistance | 75 |
Strong Recent Performance
The stock has shown strong performance over multiple periods: 1 month (+8.59%), 6 months (+38.67%), Year-to-Date (+20.15%), and 1 year (+98.44%).
Consistent EPS Beats
Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE) has consistently beaten earnings per share (EPS) estimates in recent quarters (e.g., Q2 2025: +13.74%, Q1 2025: +17.32%).
Negative Net Income (TTM)
The company reported a negative Net Income of -$187.4 million on a Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) basis, indicating unprofitability over the last year.
High Price-to-Sales Ratio
The TTM Price-to-Sales (P/S) ratio of 6.1 and 2024 P/S of 5.3 suggest that the market is valuing the company at a high multiple of its revenue, especially given the current unprofitability.
August 2025
13
Next Earnings Date
H: $0.89
A: $0.81
L: $0.74
H: 484.00M
A: 469.36M
L: 454.96M
Lumentum Holdings Inc. manufactures and sells optical and photonic products in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments: Cloud & Networking and Industrial Tech. The Cloud & Networking segment offers components, modules, and subsystems to support the high-speed transmission of data over high-capacity fiber optic links in cloud data center, AI/ML, enterprise and communications services networking applications that enable the transmission and transport of data, video, and audio over high-capacity fiber-optic cables. It offers high-speed transceivers, reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, coherent dense wavelength division multiplexing pluggable transceivers, and tunable small form-factor pluggable transceivers. We also sell laser chips for use in high-speed datacom transceivers and data interconnection solutions. The Industrial Tech segment offers solid-state lasers, kilowatt-class fiber lasers, ultrafast lasers, diode lasers, and gas lasers, as well as laser diode products. It serves to customers in semiconductor device, solar cell, display, electric vehicle, and battery manufacturing markets, as well as broader materials processing and precision micromachining end-markets. Lumentum Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
99.82 USD
The 39 analysts offering 1 year price forecasts for LITE have a max estimate of 125.00 and a min estimate of 73.00.