A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) stock price up 5.19% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $342.56. LITE’s price has ranged from $45.65 to $345.72 over the past 52 weeks.
A company in the Technology sector has dropped its sales by -26.60% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 180.87%. With a float of $68.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $69.80 million.
Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Communication Equipment Industry. The insider ownership of Lumentum Holdings Inc is 3.32%, while institutional ownership is 115.09%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 19 ’25, was worth 212,865. In this transaction PRESIDENT, GLOBAL BUS. UNITS of this company sold 822 shares at a rate of $258.96, taking the stock ownership to the 95,077 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 19 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 3,421 for $273.53, making the entire transaction worth $935,762. This insider now owns 10,561 shares in total.
Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.42 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.52 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 180.87% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 67.63% during the next five years compared to -26.60% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Lumentum Holdings Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.02. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 13.87.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.50, a number that is poised to hit 1.39 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.36 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 3.79 million. That was better than the volume of 3.11 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 92.20%.
During the past 100 days, Lumentum Holdings Inc’s (LITE) raw stochastic average was set at 99.21%, which indicates a significant increase from 98.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.64 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 11.36 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $223.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $125.23. However, in the short run, Lumentum Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $370.00. Second resistance stands at $379.68. The third major resistance level sits at $396.92. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $343.08, it is likely to go to the next support level at $325.84. The third support level lies at $316.16 if the price breaches the second support level.
Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 25.55 billion, the company has a total of 70,900K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,645 M while annual income is 25,900 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 533,800 K while its latest quarter income was 4,200 K.
