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NLIGHT, INC.

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NLIGHT, INC.

LASR·NASDAQ·Manufacturing·CIK 0001124796

nLIGHT, Inc. provides high-power lasers for critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing uses. The company designs, manufactures, and sells high-power semiconductor lasers and fiber lasers, which customers integrate into laser systems or manufacturing tools. It also produces high energy pulsed fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and beam combination and control systems for high-energy laser systems in directed energy and laser sensing systems for defense applications. nLIGHT's vertical integration allows it to develop products using the same core technology. The company sells its products into three main end markets: Aerospace and Defense, Industrial, and Microfabrication. It operates in two reportable segments: Laser Products and Advanced Development. The Laser Products segment focuses on designing, manufacturing, and selling high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers, including high energy continuous wave (CW) and pulsed fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and beam combination and control systems for high-energy laser (HEL) systems. Its semiconductor lasers, built from gallium arsenide wafers and using a patented multiplexed single-chip architecture, are used as integrated energy sources for OEM customers' solid-state lasers, primarily in aerospace and defense and microfabrication applications.

NLIGHT, INC. (NASDAQ:LASR) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 21 items for LASR at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-25, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 12 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for LASR spans 4, 144, 10-Q, 8-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • CEO Scott Keeney Sells $16.5M in nLIGHT Stock Under 10b5-1 Plan
  • nLIGHT Officer/Director Scott Keeney Files to Sell $8.9M in Stock
  • nLIGHT Q2 Revenue Jumps 34% to $82.6M, But Supply-Chain Snarls Cloud Outlook
  • nLIGHT Q2 Revenue Jumps 34%, Beats Estimates; Guides Q3 Above Street
  • nLIGHT Q2 Revenue Jumps 34% to Record $82.6M, Beats Estimates; Q3 Guidance Light on Supply Chain Snags

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$261.33M
Net Income
-$23.47M
Diluted EPS
-$0.47
Op. Cash Flow
$21.33M
Free Cash Flow
$12.3M
Gross Profit
$77.96M
Operating Income
-$26.55M
Cash & Equivalents
$98.7M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
-9.0%
Shares Outstanding
51.16M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-27 · accession 0001124796-26-000012

Short Interest & Short Volume

2.13 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,850,011 shares in LASR as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 21.1% decrease from the prior period — about 2.1 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 46.5% of LASR volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,850,011 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 21.1%
Days to cover2.13 at avg daily volume of 1,338,296
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)46.5% of 386,255 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume44.1%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$40.75 +0.17% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-25 $27.22 – $86.95
Market cap
$2.34B
Volume
836.5K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 1.1M
Live data · 2026-10-04 08:47 UTC · Market closed

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LASR
Aug 25, 2026, 7:37 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $43.40
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$2.65 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Aug 21, 2026, 11:57 AM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $46.84
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$6.09 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Aug 07, 2026, 12:04 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $59.99
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$19.24 (-32%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Aug 06, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $63.82
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$23.07 (-36%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Aug 06, 2026, 4:20 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $63.94
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$23.19 (-36%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Jul 09, 2026, 10:50 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $75.00
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$34.25 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Jun 05, 2026, 7:47 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $67.65
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$26.90 (-40%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Jun 04, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $75.10
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$34.35 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
May 29, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $74.12
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$33.37 (-45%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
May 08, 2026, 12:22 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $73.75
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$33.00 (-45%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
May 07, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $71.00
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$30.25 (-43%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
May 07, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $71.00
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$30.25 (-43%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Apr 24, 2026, 12:39 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $77.84
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$37.09 (-48%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Mar 10, 2026, 11:54 AM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $64.52
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$23.77 (-37%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Feb 27, 2026, 11:20 AM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $54.47
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$13.72 (-25%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Feb 26, 2026, 4:10 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $55.96
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$15.21 (-27%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Feb 04, 2026, 4:21 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $43.82
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$3.07 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Feb 04, 2026, 4:19 PM EST
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $43.82
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$3.07 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Feb 03, 2026, 4:10 PM EST
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $45.75
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$5.00 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
LASR
Jan 13, 2026, 8:46 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $42.76
Real-time Price: $40.75 info
Change: -$2.01 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $2.341B info
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