nLIGHT, Inc.
LASR
Jodie read · what matters now
Revenue increased 55.2% versus the comparable filing period.
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Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-09.
What improved
- Revenue increased 55.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- The operating loss narrowed by 8.9M.
- Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“Sales, General and Administrative Three Months Ended March 31, Change 2026 2025 $ % Sales, general, and administrative $ 15,091 $ 12,035 $ 3,056 25.4 % The increase in sales, general and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily due to an increase in stock-based compensation of $3.9 million and an increase in employee compensation, partially offset by a higher allocation of costs from sales, general and administrative to development projects, and decrease in bad debt recoveries.”
“Net Cash Used in Investing Activities During the three months ended March 31, 2026, net cash used in investing activities was $1.4 million, which was driven by net capital expenditures of $2.1 million, offset by the net proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities of $0.7 million.”
“Most of our Development contracts have historically been structured as cost plus fixed fee due to the technical complexity of the research and development services, but we also perform work under fixed price contracts where gross margin can change from period to period based on the estimated cost of the project at completion.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Who this business touches
The relationships behind LASR
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
LASR is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Aerospace Fiber Lasers. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for LASR; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.