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nLIGHT Inc · Q3 2022 earnings

Q3 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported revenues of $60.1 million and a gross margin of 22.4%.

nLIGHT, Inc. reported a decrease in revenue to $60.1 million, a gross margin of 22.4%, and a net loss of $13.0 million for Q3 2022. The company is navigating a weaker demand environment, but long-term growth opportunities remain intact.

  • Third quarter revenue was $60.1 million.
  • Gross margin for the third quarter was 22.4%.
  • GAAP net loss for the third quarter was $13.0 million, or $0.29 per diluted share.
  • Ninety one percent of revenue was from customers outside of China.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$60.1M

Previous: $72.2M-16.8%
EPS (adj)

-$0.11

Previous: $0.08-237.5%
Gross Margin

22.4%

Previous: 32.0%-30.0%
Operating Margin

-21.6%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$16.4M

Previous: -$13.6M-20.6%
Free Cash Flow

-$29.4M

Previous: -$20.5M-43.3%
Net Income

-$13M

Previous: -$6.88M-88.3%
Operating Income

-$13M

Previous: -$6.76M-92.1%
Gross Profit

$13.5M

Previous: $21.4M-37.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$62.2M

Previous: $166M-62.4%
Total Assets

$349M

Previous: $382M-8.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$7.5M

Previous: $10.1M-25.6%

Revenue & EPS history

nLIGHT · Revenue · Quarterly

$60.1M

Q3 2022-16.8%vs Q3 2021
Beat estimate in 11 of 15 quarters(73%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

nLIGHT · $60.1M total across 2 segments · Q3 2022

  • Products
    $48M
  • Development
    $12.1M

Forward guidance

For the fourth quarter of 2022, nLIGHT expects revenues to be in the range of $53 million to $59 million, gross margin to be in the range of 20% to 23%, and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $(4) million to $(1) million.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2022

Historical avgQ3 2022

+3.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+3.7%

Avg return

5 days after

+4.5%

Avg return

30 days after

56%

20 / 36 earnings

Positive

+40.0%

Q3 2020

Best reaction

-20.1%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+12.0%+21.9%-0.1%
Q4 2025-10.3%+6.5%+2.2%
Q3 2025+14.6%+11.6%+22.3%
Q1 2025+36.1%+49.1%+104.4%
Q4 2024+1.0%-0.2%-12.4%
Q3 2024-20.1%-20.9%-21.7%
Q2 2024-9.8%-12.2%-1.1%
Q1 2024+6.9%+12.6%+15.8%
Q4 2023-11.9%-4.7%-7.8%
Q3 2023+9.7%+12.6%+61.0%
Q2 2023-12.4%-17.6%-15.1%
Q1 2023+37.8%+27.8%+54.9%
Q4 2022-14.1%-11.8%-25.8%
Q3 2022-11.5%-6.5%+4.9%
Q2 2022-2.2%-10.3%-11.1%
Q1 2022-2.7%-12.3%-10.4%
Q4 2021+5.8%+5.3%+20.3%
Q3 2021-10.0%-16.6%-26.0%
Q2 2021-4.5%-8.3%-9.8%
Q1 2021+2.8%+4.3%+8.2%
Q4 2020-5.6%+2.3%-16.3%
Q3 2020+40.0%+27.2%+51.1%
Q2 2020+7.1%+2.8%-8.4%
Q1 2020+20.9%+35.0%+45.6%
Q4 2019+6.9%-8.8%-45.9%
Q3 2019+12.9%+17.5%+40.7%
Q2 2019-9.0%-4.6%-10.9%
Q1 2019-3.0%-12.5%-25.7%
Q4 2016+6.4%+7.6%+12.3%
Q4 2018-0.9%+6.2%+4.1%
Q3 2017-3.6%-5.5%-10.1%
Q3 2018+7.1%-0.1%-2.4%
Q2 2017+5.7%+7.1%-16.9%
Q2 2018+3.3%+9.2%-14.1%
Q1 2017+4.1%+1.7%-3.8%
Q1 2018+14.4%+17.7%+10.1%

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