LITE · Lumentum Holdings Inc

NASDAQ Communications Large Cap Clavix D
967.23+36.32  (+3.90%)

Price

Snapshot

50 fields · last close
Market Cap$83.50B
P/E
Float77.15M
Beta1.62
Volatility40.5%
ExchangeNASDAQ
SectorCommunications
Cap tierLarge cap
Macro sensitivityHigh
Clavix score39
Price967.23
Change+3.90%
Prev Close930.91
Open915.66
Day Low896.00
Day High951.60
Avg Vol5
Avg $ Vol$4.78B
52W High1,085.68
52W Low144.52
52W Pos87.4%
From High−10.91%
From Low+569.27%
Max DD 1Y−42.80%
Spread0.10%
LiquidityDeep
SMA 20+7.45%
SMA 50+14.90%
SMA 200+35.52%
RSI (14)54.0
Vol 30D97.2%
Vol 90D96.9%
1Y Range145–1,086
Daily bars516
Perf Week+0.42%
Perf Month+12.48%
Perf Quarter+9.52%
Perf Half Y+20.56%
Perf Year+469.92%
Perf YTD+150.51%
Prev Day+3.90%
ClavixD
Debt / Eq0.35
Curr Ratio1.68
Int Cover-10.2×
FCF Margin10.5%
Rev Growth+109.3%
ProfitUnprofitable
LeverageLow
Sector rank7 / 10

What LITE does

Lumentum Holdings Inc. manufactures and sells optical and photonic products in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

It operates through two segments, Cloud & Networking and Industrial Tech. The Cloud & Networking segment offers optical and photonic chips, components, modules, and subsystems supplied to cloud data center operators, AI/ML infrastructure providers, and network equipment manufacturer customers that are building cloud data centers and network infrastructures.

Its Industrial Tech segment provides short-pulse solid-state lasers, kilowatt-class fiber lasers, diode lasers, and gas lasers that serves the semiconductor device, solar cell, display, and electric vehicle and battery manufacturing markets.

The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Clavix risk grade

regraded every trading day
D39/100

LITE grades D, 39 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (95), most exposed on Price Stability (18, weak). 1 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Communications median. Ranks 7 of 10 in Communications by Clavix score.

PriceMacroSectorNewsFinancial

How rough the ride is

LITE
Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier1.62
Volatilityannualized40.5%
Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall−42.8%
Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change4.26%
Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions15762%

How its days are spread

Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.

52-week range

LITE
930.91

The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.

Drawdown from the 1-year peak

LITE

Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.

Market sensitivity

LITECommunications median
Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer1.62
Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucketHighHigh40% of 10

Where it sits on the macro scale

Low 0Moderate 3High 4Very High 3

Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Communications names sit in each bucket.

Where it ranks in its sector

Sector
Communications10 companies ranked
LITE
#7 of 10

Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.

Price performance

LITE
1 week+0.4%
1 month+12.5%
Year to date+150.5%
1 year+469.9%

Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.

Recent coverage, scored

LITE
Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 3030since 11 Aug
Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish73
Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 4026 · 0
Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening26 ↑ 0 ↓

Where the article scores land

Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.

Balance sheet, against the sector

Debt / equityTotal debt vs shareholder equity · lower is stronger
0.35no sector spread
Current ratioShort-term assets vs liabilities · higher is stronger
1.68no sector spread
FCF marginFree cash flow as a share of revenue · higher is stronger
10.5%no sector spread
Interest coverageOperating income vs interest expense · higher is stronger
-10.2×no sector spread

The shaded band is the middle half of the Communications names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.

Growth

LITE
Revenue growthyear over year+109.3%

Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why

0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Communications median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.

Recent news

most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to open

The article discusses how data centers running AI models are pushing past the limits of traditional copper cabling, which struggles to carry high-speed signals beyond one to two meters without overheating or losing signal quality. The piece highlights optical technology as the solution but does not name Lumentum or report any specific company development.

Source MarketBeat Significance minor Impact sector Risk improving

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The article is very short. It says AXT (AXTI) is seeing sales grow in Europe and Asia-Pacific, reducing its dependence on China, as demand for indium phosphide (a semiconductor material used in optical and wireless components) improves and export approvals come through.

Source yahoo.com Significance minor Impact sector Risk improving

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Lumentum CEO Michael Hurlston said some political conversations are boosting the shift toward smaller, modular data center facilities, and the company is 'happy about some of the modular buildout' because smaller data centers are seen as less impactful. The article references the company's 'breadth of business' amid a broader data center backlash.

Source greensboro.com Significance minor Impact sector Risk improving

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An analyst has rated Lumentum Holdings (LITE) a buy, arguing the company's optical business is set up for strong growth from 2027 onward. The case rests on record shipments of 800G transceivers and tight supply of EML lasers, as data centers move from copper wiring to fiber optics.

Source Seeking Alpha Significance minor Impact product Risk improving

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Lumentum is expanding production capacity for three types of lasers, pump lasers (which provide energy to optical amplifiers), EML lasers (a high-speed laser used in data communication), and continuous-wave lasers, as demand for optical components from AI data centers grows. The article frames this expansion as Lumentum positioning itself to compete directly with Broadcom and Applied Optoelectronics in optical networking.

Source Zacks Investment Research Significance moderate Impact product Risk improving

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