High-power fiber lasers provider nLIGHT's Q3 revenue beats estimates on record aerospace & defense sales

Reuters
Nov 07
High-power fiber lasers provider <a href="https://laohu8.com/S/LASR">nLIGHT</a>'s Q3 revenue beats estimates on record aerospace & defense sales

Overview

  • nLIGHT Q3 2025 revenue grows 18.9% yr/yr, beating analyst expectations

  • Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2025 beats consensus, reflecting operational leverage

  • Company expects continued A&D revenue growth in Q4 2025

Outlook

  • nLIGHT expects Q4 2025 revenue between $72 mln and $78 mln

  • Company anticipates full-year 2025 A&D revenue growth to exceed 40%

  • nLIGHT forecasts Q4 2025 gross margin between 27% and 32%

Result Drivers

  • A&D REVENUE - Record revenue from Aerospace & Defense markets drove Q3 results

  • GROSS MARGIN EXPANSION - Gross margin increased to 31.1% from 22.4% in prior year, indicating improved efficiency

  • SEQUENTIAL A&D GROWTH - Company expects continued sequential A&D revenue growth in Q4 2025

Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q3 Revenue

Beat

$66.74 mln

$63.89 mln (7 Analysts)

Q3 Net Income

-$6.87 mln

Q3 Adjusted EBITDA

Beat

$7.11 mln

$3.29 mln (4 Analysts)

Q3 Gross Margin

31.10%

Q3 Gross Profit

$20.75 mln

Q3 Operating Margin

-10.90%

Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 6 "strong buy" or "buy", 1 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the semiconductors peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for nLIGHT Inc is $29.00, about 8.6% below its November 5 closing price of $31.50

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