Optical interconnect is becoming a bigger AI datacenter constraint as cluster size and bandwidth rise.
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Price
$893.61
1D change
+9.59%
Market cap
$80.16B
Sector
Technology
| Metric | LITE |
|---|---|
| Price | $893.61 |
| 1D Change | +9.59% |
| Market Cap | $80.16B |
| Enterprise Value | $79.09B |
| Trailing P/E | -10.2 |
| Forward P/E | 22.5 |
| PEG Ratio | 0.63x |
| Price / Sales | 26.6 |
| EV / Revenue | 26.2 |
| Revenue Growth | 109.3% |
| Earnings Growth | — |
| Gross Margin | 44.2% |
| Operating Margin | 28.0% |
| Net Margin | -230.1% |
| ROE | -240.0% |
| Free Cash Flow | $224.7M |
| FCF Margin | 7.5% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.36x |
| Current Ratio | 1.68x |
| Dividend Yield | 0.00% |
| Next Earnings | Nov 05, 2026 |
| Quarterly Revenue | $1.01B |
| Revenue QoQ | +24.5% |
| Quarterly Net Income | $-7.16B |
| Net Income QoQ | -5066.5% |
LITE thesis lens
AI datacenter optics
Why it could benefit
- Optical interconnect is becoming a bigger AI datacenter constraint as cluster size and bandwidth rise.
- Lumentum adds exposure to the photonics layer rather than just the switch or accelerator.
- That makes it useful if the next wave of AI bottlenecks shifts from compute to connectivity and optics.
Moat / edge
- Photonics and optical-component expertise in a demanding market.
- Positioning in a layer of the stack that becomes harder to ignore as systems scale.
- Strategic relevance if large AI platforms push harder into optical networking.
What to watch
- Cloud and AI optics demand versus telecom weakness.
- Product mix and margin recovery.
- How quickly optical buildouts become material in AI infrastructure.
Key risks
- Optics can still be timing-sensitive and program-dependent.
- The company has other end markets that can muddy the AI signal.