nLIGHT Inc (NASDAQ: LASR) is 73.82% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.20 and a high of $19.43 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LASR stock was last observed hovering at around $18.29 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 612.87%.
Currently trading at $631.16K, the stock is 11.42% and 48.67% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.18 million and changing 1179148% at the moment leaves the stock 76.69% off its SMA200. LASR registered 86.75% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 94.15%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $13.1764 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.087.
The stock witnessed a 26.55% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 131.83%, and is 6.64% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.72% over the week and 5.37% over the month.
nLIGHT Inc (LASR) has around 800 employees, a market worth around $968.52M and $205.69M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -26.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 215.97% and 0.80% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-22.70%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 57.83% this year
218.0 institutions hold shares in nLIGHT Inc (LASR), with institutional investors hold 90.26% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 49.44M, and float is at 46.73M with Short Float at 3.34%. Institutions hold 86.78% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 5.15 million shares valued at $56.24 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.7969 of the LASR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 3.56 million shares valued at $38.93 million to account for 7.4732 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JPMORGAN CHASE & CO which holds 3.2 million shares representing 6.7179 and valued at over $34.99 million, while ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP holds 5.2581 of the shares totaling 2.51 million with a market value of $27.39 million.
nLIGHT Inc (LASR) Insider Activity
nLIGHT Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 18 ’25 that Keeney Scott H (President and CEO) sold a total of 6,316 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 18 ’25 and was made at $19.13 per share for $0.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.24 million shares of the LASR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 17 ’25, Keeney Scott H (President and CEO) disposed off 30,939 shares at an average price of $19.18 for $0.59 million. The insider now directly holds 1,246,538 shares of nLIGHT Inc (LASR).
