LASR Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Nlight | NASDAQ:LASR)

nLight Inc is a United States-based company provider of power semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace and defense, industrial, and microfabrication applications. It designs, manufactures, and sells a range of power semiconductor lasers and fiber lasers that are typically integrated into laser systems. It operates in two segments: Laser Products segment, which includes semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, and directed energy products; and Advanced Development segment includes revenue earned from research and development contracts. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Laser segment. The company's geographical segments include North America, Asia Pacific, and EMEA, of which maximum revenue is derived from North America.

Nlight trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol LASR.

As of September 18, 2026, LASR stock price climbed to $39.84 with 1,075,481 million shares trading.

LASR has a beta of 1.05, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. LASR has a correlation of 0.06 to the broad based SPY ETF.

LASR has a market cap of $2.30 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Nlight reported $83 million in Revenue and $.15 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $4 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.04.

In the last 3 years, LASR traded as high as $86.95 and as low as $6.20.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that LASR belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, IWM, VGT, VXF, IWO.

LASR has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +27.7% while the SPY ETF gained +16.8%. However, in the short term, LASR had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -38.5% vs +2.3% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, LASR shares have fared better than the market returning -0.5% compared to SPY -0.9%.

LASR support price is $37.08 and resistance is $39.78 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that LASR shares will trade within this expected range on the day.