United Capital Financial Advisors LLC Takes Position in Lumentum Holdings Inc. $LITE

United Capital Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LITE) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 2,197 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,885,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Lumentum by 36.8% in the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 945 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 254 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Lumentum by 109.9% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 11,986 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $747,000 after acquiring an additional 6,275 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its stake in Lumentum by 9.1% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 8,139 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $507,000 after acquiring an additional 680 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC purchased a new position in Lumentum during the 2nd quarter valued at about $298,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new position in Lumentum during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,712,000. 94.05% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other Lumentum news, SVP Jae Kim sold 12,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $852.58, for a total value of $10,230,960.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 37,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,230,934.32. This represents a 24.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Vincent Retort sold 38,663 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $852.59, for a total transaction of $32,963,687.17. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 78,440 shares in the company, valued at $66,877,159.60. The trade was a 33.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 64,563 shares of company stock valued at $55,448,750 over the last three months. 0.43% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Lumentum Trading Down 6.4%

LITE opened at $895.00 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $811.83 and a 200 day moving average price of $805.08. 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 12 month low of $125.00 and a 12 month high of $1,085.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.89 and a beta of 1.50.

Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The technology company reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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%.Lumentum’s revenue for the quarter was up 109.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.88 EPS. Lumentum has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 4.050-4.350 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Lumentum Holdings Inc. will post 19.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on LITE shares. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Lumentum from $750.00 to $1,000.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. BNP Paribas Exane raised their price objective on shares of Lumentum from $1,040.00 to $1,300.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Loop Capital lifted their price objective on shares of Lumentum from $900.00 to $1,400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Lumentum from $1,100.00 to $1,000.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Craig Hallum increased their target price on shares of Lumentum from $900.00 to $1,150.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Lumentum presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,044.67.

Key Stories Impacting Lumentum

Here are the key news stories impacting Lumentum this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains the core bullish driver. Lumentum supplies optical components used in high-speed data-center networks, and investors continue to view its 1.6T transceivers and 200G lasers as beneficiaries of accelerating AI-networking demand.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent operating results provide support. Lumentum’s latest quarter exceeded expectations, with $3.23 in adjusted earnings per share versus a $2.97 consensus estimate and revenue of $1.01 billion, up 109.3% year over year. Q1 fiscal 2027 EPS guidance of $4.05–$4.35 also remains encouraging.
• Neutral Sentiment: Management’s technology-conference appearance offered no clearly new catalyst. Lumentum presented at the Deutsche Bank 2026 Technology Conference, where investors focused on its AI-product outlook, capacity expansion and execution. The supplied transcript did not identify a specific new forecast or announcement. Lumentum Deutsche Bank Technology Conference Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Sector-wide risk-off trading pressured the stock. Applied Optoelectronics and Lumentum reportedly fell about 6%, while Coherent declined about 5%, as the optics stocks that led the August rally pulled back together. A Barron’s report suggested the declines reflected peer-related sympathy selling rather than company-specific news. Optics Stocks Slide as AI Hardware Trade Cools
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders sold shares. SVP Jae Kim sold 12,000 shares for approximately $10.2 million, while Vincent Retort sold 38,663 shares for about $33.0 million. CEO Michael Hurlston sold 548 shares for roughly $525,000. The transactions were conducted under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, limiting their value as a discretionary bearish signal, but they add a modest overhang after the stock’s substantial rally. SEC CEO Insider Trading Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and competition heighten volatility. With LITE trading near its 52-week high, investors may be particularly sensitive to profit-taking, execution problems or competition from Cisco and NVIDIA in AI connectivity.

Lumentum Profile

Lumentum Holdings Inc, headquartered in San Jose, California, is a leading provider of photonic technologies that enable high-speed optical communication networks and advanced industrial applications. The company designs and manufactures a broad range of lasers, optical modules and subsystems tailored to the evolving requirements of telecommunications carriers, cloud data centers and enterprise networking.

Its core product portfolio includes tunable and fixed-wavelength laser transmitters, coherent optical engines, transceivers for long-haul, metro and data center interconnects, as well as test and measurement instruments.