nLIGHT, Inc. (LASR) Stock Analysis
Technology · Semiconductors
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $70.17: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation; Negative price momentum.
nLIGHT designs, manufactures, and sells high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace/defense directed energy, microfabrication, and industrial applications. It operates two segments: Laser Products (commercial sales) and Advanced Development (government-funded R&D),... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $70.17: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 52d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — nLIGHT, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS 5 Stock Picks Last Week From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts — benzinga May 26, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Stifel Maintains Buy on nLight, Raises Price Target to $85 — benzinga May 21, 2026 positive
- NEWS SanDisk And Micron Had Their Run – This New 'Photonics' ETF Has 15 Triple-Digit Gainers Inside — benzinga May 13, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Here's How Much $100 Invested In nLight 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today — benzinga May 12, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Crude Oil Gains 1%; Fluor Shares Plunge After Q1 Results — benzinga May 8, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomertop ten customers75%10-K Item 1: 'our top ten customers accounted for approximately 75%, 72% and 66% of our revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively'
- HIGHSuppliersingle- or limited-source suppliers10-K Item 1A: 'we purchase certain raw materials and components... from single- or limited-source suppliers for which alternative options are limited'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Hyper-growth tech sacrificing current profitability for scale. Floor tripped because model treats negative margins uniformly; the growth dimension tells the other half of the story.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $70.17: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $65.30. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $75.19 (+7.1% upside). Prior stop was $65.30. Stop-loss: $65.30.
Concentration risk — Customer: top ten customers (75.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: single- or limited-source suppliers; Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0).
nLIGHT, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 103.1). TrendMatrix value score: 3.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
15 analysts cover LASR with a consensus score of 4.3/5. Average price target: $86.
What does nLIGHT, Inc. do?nLIGHT designs, manufactures, and sells high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace/defense directed...
nLIGHT designs, manufactures, and sells high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace/defense directed energy, microfabrication, and industrial applications. It operates two segments: Laser Products (commercial sales) and Advanced Development (government-funded R&D), with $161.6M backlog as of Dec 31, 2025.