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Lightwave Logic, Inc.

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Lightwave Logic, Inc.

LWLG·NASDAQ·Industrial Applications And Services·CIK 0001325964

Lightwave Logic, Inc. is a specialty materials and intellectual property company that develops and commercializes proprietary electro-optic ("EO") polymer materials. These materials are designed to enable high-speed optical modulators for data communications and other photonic applications. The company's Perkinamine® family of EO polymer materials is engineered for integration into silicon photonics ("SiPh") and other photonic integrated circuit ("PIC") platforms. When used in device architectures, these materials are designed to support high-speed, high-bandwidth optical modulation with lower drive voltage requirements compared to certain conventional silicon-based approaches and other traditional photonic material systems, including III-V-based compound semiconductor technologies. The electro-optic properties of these materials allow for shorter interaction lengths in modulator designs, which can lead to more compact device footprints and increased integration density. Additionally, the materials are intended to be compatible with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor ("CMOS") fabrication processes. Reduced drive voltage operation may enable lower system-level power consumption and simplified driver electronics in specific implementations. Lightwave Logic does not manufacture optical transceivers, photonic devices, or complete optical modules. Instead, its strategy is to commercialize its technology through material sales, intellectual property licensing, process design kit ("PDK") enablement, and royalty or other fee-based arrangements tied to customer production. Its customers and prospective customers include semiconductor foundries, silicon photonics device designers, optical module manufacturers, and system integrators serving artificial intelligence ("AI"), cloud computing, data center, and telecommunications markets. As of January 2026, multiple customer programs are progressing through defined development stages.

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWLG) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 13 items for LWLG at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-14, rated 7/10. Across its 13 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 5 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for LWLG spans 10-Q, 8-K, 424B5, DEF 14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Lightwave Logic Q2 Loss Widens 33% as R&D Spend Jumps; Cash Runway Extended to Dec 2027
  • Lightwave Logic's Q1 Net Loss Widens to $6.3M, Revenue Reaches $29.2K
  • Lightwave Logic Reports Increased Q1 Loss Amidst Significant Capital Raises to Extend Runway
  • Lightwave Logic Increases At-The-Market Offering Capacity to $51.4 Million
  • Lightwave Logic Amends ATM Program, Increases Capacity to $51.4M After Selling $35M

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$236.85K
Net Income
-$20.31M
Diluted EPS
-$0.16
Op. Cash Flow
-$13.75M
Free Cash Flow
-$15.08M
Gross Profit
$230.03K
Operating Income
-$20.76M
Cash & Equivalents
$69.02M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
-85.76×
Shares Outstanding
146.05M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-03-20 · accession 0001079973-26-000348

Short Interest & Short Volume

10.77 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 25,972,703 shares in LWLG as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 7.2% increase from the prior period — about 10.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 52.0% of LWLG volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)25,972,703 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 7.2%
Days to cover10.77 at avg daily volume of 2,410,866
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)52.0% of 1,751,898 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume47.0%

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.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for LWLG, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-04-21.

1 recent capital raiseATM program2 shelf registrations

Increased ATM Program Capacity · Prior Sales Under Program

⚠ A more recent filing has been published for this ticker since this signal was computed; it may not yet be reflected — see the filings below.

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$5.79 +0.09% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-14 $1.99 – $18.71
Market cap
$878.75M
Volume
3.6M (1.3× avg)
3-mo avg 2.7M
Live data · 2026-10-04 14:22 UTC · Market closed

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LWLG
Aug 14, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $7.50
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$1.71 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
May 15, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $13.61
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$7.82 (-57%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
May 15, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $13.69
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$7.90 (-58%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Apr 21, 2026, 8:02 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $13.74
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$7.95 (-58%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Apr 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $14.58
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$8.79 (-60%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Apr 10, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $10.67
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$4.88 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Mar 25, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.12
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$3.33 (-37%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Mar 25, 2026, 4:49 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.12
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$3.33 (-37%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Mar 20, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $6.63
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$0.8486 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Mar 18, 2026, 4:44 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $6.65
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$0.8639 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Mar 12, 2026, 3:49 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $7.04
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: -$1.25 (-18%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Mar 11, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Acceswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.99
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: +$0.7961 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
LWLG
Jan 20, 2026, 8:30 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $4.15
Real-time Price: $5.79 info
Change: +$1.63 (+39%) info
Market Cap: $878.753M info
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