Insider Selling: Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) Insider Sells 500 Shares

Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LITE) insider Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $961.44, for a total transaction of $480,720.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 114,627 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $110,206,982.88. This trade represents a 0.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Yuen Wupen also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 8th, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $895.99, for a total value of $447,995.00.
• On Friday, September 4th, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $860.00, for a total transaction of $430,000.00.
• On Wednesday, September 2nd, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $864.49, for a total transaction of $432,245.00.
• On Monday, August 31st, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $895.00, for a total value of $447,500.00.
• On Friday, August 28th, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $940.95, for a total transaction of $470,475.00.
• On Wednesday, August 26th, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $882.15, for a total transaction of $441,075.00.
• On Monday, August 24th, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $824.24, for a total value of $412,120.00.
• On Friday, August 21st, Yuen Wupen sold 500 shares of Lumentum stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $898.15, for a total value of $449,075.00.
• On Thursday, August 20th, Yuen Wupen sold 1,500 shares of Lumentum stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $827.82, for a total transaction of $1,241,730.00.

Lumentum Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LITE traded down $53.28 during trading on Thursday, reaching $935.70. The stock had a trading volume of 3,950,680 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,585,847. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $821.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $824.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.68 and a quick ratio of 1.40. Lumentum Holdings Inc. has a 52 week low of $144.52 and a 52 week high of $1,085.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.93 billion, a PE ratio of -11.38 and a beta of 1.53.

Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The technology company reported $3.23 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.97 by $0.26. The company had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $987.70 million. Lumentum had a positive return on equity of 26.34% and a negative net margin of 230.15%.The business’s revenue was up 109.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.88 earnings per share. Lumentum has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 4.050-4.350 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Lumentum Holdings Inc. will post 19.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Lumentum

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Lumentum during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Sachetta LLC increased its position in shares of Lumentum by 118.8% during the 1st quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 35 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC increased its holdings in Lumentum by 300.0% during the fourth quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 76 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Lumentum during the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in Lumentum in the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Institutional investors own 94.05% of the company’s stock.

More Lumentum News

Here are the key news stories impacting Lumentum this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI-driven demand for data-center connectivity is supporting Lumentum’s growth outlook. The company is expanding capacity for pump, EML and continuous-wave lasers, positioning itself to compete with Broadcom and Applied Optoelectronics as optical component demand accelerates. LITE’s Laser Growth Accelerates: Can It Challenge AVGO & AAOI?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analysis identifies LITE as a potential beneficiary of the photonics investment cycle, alongside Coherent and MACOM, with possible short-term upside from AI-related data-center spending. Buy 3 AI-Powered Photonics Stocks to Tap Solid Short-Term Price Upside
• Positive Sentiment: Investors have largely looked past Lumentum’s reported $7.2 billion accounting loss, focusing instead on FY2026 revenue growth of 83.2% to $3.01 billion and fourth-quarter revenue of approximately $1.006 billion, which more than doubled year over year. Lumentum’s $7.2 Billion Loss Was Not A Loss
• Positive Sentiment: The stock recently jumped amid a broader AI optical-networking rally, reinforcing the sector-driven momentum behind LITE. Lumentum Holdings jumps 11% amid AI optical networking rally
• Neutral Sentiment: A Citi conference presentation provided additional investor visibility, but no specific new financial guidance was provided in the supplied report. Lumentum Presents at Citi’s 2026 Global TMT Conference
• Neutral Sentiment: The reported short-interest data show zero shares on both measurement dates, with a zero-day ratio and an invalid percentage change, so it offers no meaningful signal about investor positioning.
• Negative Sentiment: Lumentum’s president sold 1,500 shares. The transaction is relatively small but may introduce a modest insider-selling signal after the stock’s substantial advance. Lumentum President Sells 1,500 Shares
• Negative Sentiment: One comparative analysis favors Applied Optoelectronics over Lumentum, highlighting competitive and valuation risks for LITE. Applied Optoelectronics Still Over Lumentum

Analysts Set New Price Targets

LITE has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group set a $820.00 target price on Lumentum in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on Lumentum from $1,100.00 to $1,000.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Lumentum in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Lumentum in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $1,040.00 price objective on shares of Lumentum in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Lumentum presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,053.83.

About Lumentum

Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) designs and manufactures optical and photonic products used to transmit, process and control light. Its portfolio includes optical components, modules, subsystems, lasers and photonic integrated circuits that support communications networks, data centers, cloud infrastructure and industrial applications.

The company also supplies technologies for consumer electronics and 3D sensing, including laser-based products used in applications such as depth sensing and facial recognition.