nLIGHT Valuation

Is LASR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LASR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LASR ($10.83) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($22.32)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LASR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LASR?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LASR key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-11.4x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does LASR's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for LASR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.5x
AIOT PowerFleet
3.1x26.1%US$558.0m
FARO FARO Technologies
1.1x1.0%US$371.6m
VPG Vishay Precision Group
1x-2.3%US$337.9m
DAKT Daktronics
0.7x3.7%US$604.1m
LASR nLIGHT
2.6x14.0%US$521.2m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: LASR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the peer average (1.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LASR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electronic Industry?

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Industry Avg.n/a14.0%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: LASR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the US Electronic industry average (1.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LASR's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LASR PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.6x
Fair PS Ratio0.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: LASR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LASR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$10.83
US$15.80
+45.9%
16.7%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$11.94
US$15.80
+32.3%
16.7%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$11.22
US$15.80
+40.8%
16.7%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$10.96
US$15.80
+44.2%
16.7%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$13.15
US$15.80
+20.2%
16.7%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
May ’25US$11.36
US$16.00
+40.8%
16.3%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$12.78
US$16.00
+25.2%
16.3%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$13.04
US$16.00
+22.7%
16.3%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$13.08
US$15.40
+17.7%
23.4%US$20.00US$9.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$13.50
US$15.40
+14.1%
23.4%US$20.00US$9.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$13.43
US$15.40
+14.7%
23.4%US$20.00US$9.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$8.34
US$18.50
+121.8%
38.3%US$30.00US$11.00n/a4
Oct ’24US$10.40
US$18.50
+77.9%
38.3%US$30.00US$11.00n/a4
Sep ’24US$11.46
US$18.50
+61.4%
38.3%US$30.00US$11.00US$11.944
Aug ’24US$13.97
US$18.50
+32.4%
38.3%US$30.00US$11.00US$11.224
Jul ’24US$15.42
US$18.50
+20.0%
38.3%US$30.00US$11.00US$10.964
Jun ’24US$14.03
US$18.50
+31.9%
38.3%US$30.00US$11.00US$13.154
May ’24US$8.89
US$17.75
+99.7%
43.0%US$30.00US$10.00US$11.364
Apr ’24US$10.18
US$17.75
+74.4%
43.0%US$30.00US$10.00US$12.784
Mar ’24US$11.27
US$17.75
+57.5%
43.0%US$30.00US$10.00US$13.044
Feb ’24US$13.14
US$18.00
+37.0%
41.6%US$30.00US$10.00US$13.084
Jan ’24US$10.14
US$17.40
+71.6%
40.1%US$30.00US$10.00US$13.505
Dec ’23US$11.19
US$17.40
+55.5%
40.1%US$30.00US$10.00US$13.435
Nov ’23US$10.89
US$22.75
+108.9%
47.1%US$40.00US$12.00US$8.344
Oct ’23US$9.45
US$20.80
+120.1%
49.7%US$40.00US$12.00US$10.405
Sep ’23US$11.68
US$21.83
+86.9%
44.5%US$40.00US$12.00US$11.466

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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