---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-22-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:20:55.630483+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT Q1 revenue $64.5M (+5% YoY); GAAP loss $(0.20)/share; Q2 rev guide $59-67M

## Summary
- Revenue $64.5M, up 5.1% YoY; GAAP net loss $(8.6)M or $(0.20)/diluted share vs loss of $(0.15) prior year.
- Gross margin 25.1% (down from 28.8%); Adjusted EBITDA $1.98M (3.1% rev) vs $5.99M (9.8% rev) YoY.
- Industrial ex-China grew 77% YoY; Microfabrication +14%; Aerospace & Defense declined slightly YoY.
- Q2 2022 guidance: rev $59-67M, gross margin 21-25%, Adj. EBITDA $(2)M to $1M.
- Ended Q1 with $136M cash, no debt; citing China COVID lockdowns as near-term headwind.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-22-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000056/0001124796-22-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000056/lasr-20220505.htm

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