---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-24-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:54:44.507510+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT Q1 revenue $44.5M (-18% YoY), net loss $13.8M; guides Q2 rev $47-51M

## Summary
- Revenue $44.5M vs $54.1M YoY (-17.7%); gross margin 16.8% vs 26.4%.
- GAAP net loss $13.8M ($0.29/share) vs $7.7M ($0.17) loss YoY; non-GAAP loss $8.2M ($0.17).
- Adjusted EBITDA -$4.9M vs +$1.3M YoY; cash and securities $121M, no debt.
- Q2 2024 guidance: revenue $47-51M, gross margin 18-22%, Adjusted EBITDA -$1M to -$5M.
- CEO states Q1 is trough revenue quarter; expects sequential growth in Q2 and stronger H2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-24-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+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/1124796/000112479624000055/0001124796-24-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479624000055/lasr-20240502.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NLIGHT, INC. reported the three months ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $44.5 million, net income GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2024 was $13.8 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, EPS $0.29 per diluted share.
  - Period: the three months ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $44.5 million
  - Net income: GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2024 was $13.8 million, or $0.29 per diluted share
  - EPS: $0.29 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- nLIGHT, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2024 Results Revenues of $44.5 million for the first quarter of 2024 CAMAS , Wash ., May 2, 2024 - nLIGHT, Inc. (Nasdaq: LASR), a leading provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers used in the industrial,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479624000055/0001124796-24-000055-index.htm

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