Nlight Inc Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

LASR Stock  USD 10.73  0.12  1.11%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and complete risk avoidance on your part, our recommendation regarding nLIGHT Inc is 'Strong Sell'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell nLIGHT Inc given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards NLIGHT. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for nLIGHT Inc, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Sell

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Somewhat reliableDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Hyperactively responds to market trendsDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon nLIGHT Inc has a Mean Deviation of 2.72, Semi Deviation of 4.6, Standard Deviation of 5.32, Variance of 28.29, Downside Variance of 21.84 and Semi Variance of 21.2
Our investment recommendation tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on nLIGHT Inc and to analyze the entity potential to grow next year. To make sure nLIGHT Inc is not overpriced, please verify all nLIGHT Inc fundamentals, including its debt to equity, market capitalization, and the relationship between the ebitda and earnings per share . Given that nLIGHT Inc has a price to earning of 41.86 X, we recommend you to check NLIGHT market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself next year given your last-minute risk tolerance and investing horizon.

NLIGHT Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

nLIGHT Inc had very high historical volatility over the last 90 days
The company reported the previous year's revenue of 209.92 M. Net Loss for the year was (41.67 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 50.82 M.
Over 84.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
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NLIGHT Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of NLIGHT's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of NLIGHT's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of NLIGHT daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use nLIGHT Inc price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of NLIGHT returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for NLIGHT.
Mean Return
0.02
Value At Risk
-3.69
Potential Upside
4.41
Standard Deviation
5.32
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of NLIGHT historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

NLIGHT Stock Institutional Investors

The NLIGHT's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase NLIGHT's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Geode Capital Management, Llc2024-09-30
1.1 M
State Street Corp2024-06-30
M
Neuberger Berman Group Llc2024-06-30
987.2 K
Awm Investment Company Inc2024-09-30
929 K
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd2024-09-30
881.1 K
Stephens Inv Mgmt Group Llc2024-09-30
783.9 K
Ameriprise Financial Inc2024-06-30
567.9 K
Clearbridge Advisors, Llc2024-09-30
511.7 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
431.8 K
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
4.5 M
Blackrock Inc2024-06-30
3.6 M
Note, although NLIGHT's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

NLIGHT Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change To Inventory(10.7M)(6.9M)(19.0M)4.6M14.9M15.6M
Investments(30.4M)(24.5M)(21.9M)(72.4M)(18.1M)(19.0M)
Change In Cash(32.2M)(14.7M)44.2M(88.7M)(4.6M)(4.4M)
Net Borrowings(17.4M)(55K)(115K)(428K)(492.2K)(516.8K)
Free Cash Flow(17.9M)(11.3M)(29.0M)(36.3M)4.8M5.0M
Depreciation9.6M13.7M15.1M15.7M16.0M13.0M
Other Non Cash Items(400K)3.0M3.2M5.8M1.8M2.1M
Capital Expenditures13.6M24.3M21.6M21.7M5.3M5.1M
Net Income(12.9M)(20.9M)(29.7M)(54.6M)(41.7M)(39.6M)
End Period Cash Flow117.3M102.6M146.8M58.1M53.5M93.2M
Change To Netincome12.4M25.5M41.0M32.6M37.5M39.3M

NLIGHT Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to NLIGHT or Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that NLIGHT's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a NLIGHT stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.24
β
Beta against Dow Jones2.16
σ
Overall volatility
5.37
Ir
Information ratio -0.02

NLIGHT Volatility Alert

nLIGHT Inc exhibits above-average semi-deviation for your current time horizon. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure NLIGHT's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact NLIGHT's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

NLIGHT Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing NLIGHT's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze NLIGHT's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between NLIGHT and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as NLIGHT or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of NLIGHT's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing NLIGHT by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare NLIGHT to competition
FundamentalsNLIGHTPeer Average
Return On Equity-0.2-0.31
Return On Asset-0.11-0.14
Profit Margin(0.24) %(1.27) %
Operating Margin(0.21) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation425.58 M16.62 B
Shares Outstanding48.43 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders4.34 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions83.90 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted1.04 M4.71 M
Price To Earning41.86 X28.72 X
Price To Book2.21 X9.51 X
Price To Sales2.56 X11.42 X
Revenue209.92 M9.43 B
Gross Profit50.82 M27.38 B
EBITDA(29.92 M)3.9 B
Net Income(41.67 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents120.63 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.67 X5.01 X
Total Debt14.16 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.06 %48.70 %
Current Ratio6.30 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share4.87 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations10.09 M971.22 M
Short Ratio2.23 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(1.03) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth(0.74) X4.89 X
Target Price16.33
Number Of Employees90018.84 K
Beta2.32-0.15
Market Capitalization519.65 M19.03 B
Total Asset306.8 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings(264.3 M)9.33 B
Working Capital187.8 M1.48 B
Note: Disposition of tradable shares by Scott Keeney of NLIGHT at 0.75 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

NLIGHT Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as NLIGHT . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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