---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-22-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:54:30.729123+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT Q4 revenue +2.7% to $67.5M; net loss $(0.20)/share vs $(0.12) YoY; Q1 guidance soft

## Summary
- Total FY21 revenue $270.1M (+21.3% YoY); gross margin 28.6% vs 26.6%; net loss $(29.7M) or $(0.70)/share vs $(20.9M) in FY20.
- Q4 2021 revenue $67.5M (+2.7% YoY); gross margin 26.6% vs 29.9%; net loss $(8.8M) or $(0.20)/share vs $(4.5M) or $(0.12) in Q4 2020.
- Non-GAAP net loss in Q4 was $(0.2M) or $(0.01)/share vs non-GAAP net income of $5.2M ($0.12) a year ago.
- Q1 2022 guidance: revenue $61M-$67M, gross margin 21%-25%, Adj. EBITDA approximately break-even.
- Sales outside China up 27% YoY in Q4, 89% of total revenue; China revenue down 60% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-22-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000019/0001124796-22-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000019/lasr-20220217.htm

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