nLight

LASR

Technology Semiconductors

nLight’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $261.3 million, up 31.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.5%
EPS
+14.3%
Free cash flow
−817.2%
Total debt
−88.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

41.54 1.52 −3.53%
Market cap
$2.5B
P/E
n/m
Fwd P/E
n/m
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
ROIC
−8.99%
Net debt / EBITDA
10.9×
Dividend safety
n/a

nLight (LASR) Return on equity

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nLight's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −3.86%, up 6.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−10.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.2% (fiscal 2016) to 6.83% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 60% of that period. That is below the Semiconductors industry median of 1.66% and below the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −10.6% 15.23
FY2024 −25.8% (9.95)
FY2023 −15.9% 3.18
FY2022 −19.1% (7.68)
FY2021 −11.4% (1.78)
FY2020 −9.59% (3.66)
FY2019 −5.93% (12.76)
FY2018 6.83% 6.83
FY2017 0.00% 31.23
FY2016 −31.2% —

Against its own ten years

Low −31.2% High 6.83%
Ten-year median −11.0%
Current reading's percentile 60

Return on equity against peers

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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