HC Wainwright Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for LPTH

LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPTH) – Equities research analysts at HC Wainwright lifted their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for LightPath Technologies in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 11th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Buck now anticipates that the technology company will earn ($0.02) per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of ($0.04). HC Wainwright currently has a “Buy” rating and a $15.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for LightPath Technologies’ current full-year earnings is ($0.18) per share. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for LightPath Technologies’ FY2026 earnings at ($0.26) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($0.01) EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen raised LightPath Technologies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Canaccord Genuity Group started coverage on shares of LightPath Technologies in a report on Thursday, January 29th. They set a “buy” rating and a $15.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of LightPath Technologies in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Lake Street Capital upped their price objective on shares of LightPath Technologies from $10.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH raised shares of LightPath Technologies to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $12.10.

LightPath Technologies Stock Down 7.7%

NASDAQ:LPTH opened at $11.52 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $10.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $7.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $664.82 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.15 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a current ratio of 3.97, a quick ratio of 3.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. LightPath Technologies has a 1-year low of $1.61 and a 1-year high of $15.24.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Run Strategic Opportunit North sold 770,321 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.72, for a total transaction of $9,028,162.12. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,728,968 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $31,983,504.96. This trade represents a 22.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 24.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of LightPath Technologies

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Marathon Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of LightPath Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth $54,000. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in LightPath Technologies in the second quarter worth $79,000. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP acquired a new position in LightPath Technologies during the third quarter worth $82,000. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP bought a new position in LightPath Technologies during the third quarter valued at about $84,000. Finally, Wexford Capital LP bought a new position in LightPath Technologies during the third quarter valued at about $88,000. 56.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

LightPath Technologies Company Profile

LightPath Technologies, Inc designs, manufactures and distributes precision optical components and assemblies for a variety of commercial, industrial, defense and scientific applications. The company’s portfolio includes molded glass aspheric lenses, precision glass optics, infrared lenses and assemblies, diamond-turned optics and molded polymer optics. These components are engineered to support imaging, illumination, laser delivery, detection and sensing systems across visible, ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths.

Among its core offerings, LightPath develops infrared optical solutions using materials such as germanium, zinc selenide and chalcogenide glasses for thermal imaging, night-vision devices and spectroscopy.