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Lumentum

NSQ:LITE · US55024U1097
Communications EquipmentLarge

360

67
EV / EBIT10
Price / Owner Earnings5
Owner Earnings Yield40
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales3
EV / Gross Profit6
Price/Book5
Return on Capital49
Cash Return on Capital74
Return on Equity84
EBIT Margin77
Gross Profitability15
Cash Conversion30
Accruals17
Owner Earnings Margin76
Sales growth96
Profit Growth87
Long-Term EPS Growth97
Owner Earnings Growth100
Reinvestment67
Price momentum100
Debt load29
Refinancing29
Debt Payback49
Liquidity86
Analyst ratings51
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside59
Market mood67
Value Creation18/20strong value creator
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Lumentum generates returns well above its cost of capital, the foundation of durable shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryCommunications Equipment
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2015
Employees1,796
ISINUS55024U1097
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Detectors, Sensors and MemsOptical InfrastructureCloud InfrastructureData Center Technology

Description

Lumentum Holdings Inc. (Lumentum) is a provider of optical and photonic products. The company’s products are essential to a range of cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning (‘AI/ML’), telecommunications, consumer, and industrial end-mark…

Analysis

Hope premium

Lumentum Holdings Inc. carries what we call a hope premium: an average business trading at an ambitious price.

The price is expensive. You pay 193.9× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 38% yearly growth; analysts expect 139%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is solid and accelerating and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 18/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator.

What to watch: Some accounting patterns deserve a closer look. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
57
2023202420252026

All-time high

60

Jan 2023

All-time low

20

Jan 2024

Average rank

42

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
3
23
30
19
Price/Earnings
14
31
40
67
Price/Book
5
35
56
43
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
1
7
24
31

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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