secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NLIGHT, INC. (LASR)
CIK:        0001124796
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001124796-24-000125
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

nLIGHT Q3 revenue $56.1M (+11% YoY); A&D record; guides Q4 rev $49-54M
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- Revenue $56.1M, up 11% YoY; net loss $10.3M ($0.21 per share) vs $11.9M loss YoY.
- Gross margin improved to 22.4% from 19.6% YoY; products margin rose ~500 bps to 29%.
- Record Aerospace & Defense product revenue on strong directed energy and laser sensing.
- Q4 guidance: revenue $49-54M, gross margin 17-21%, Adjusted EBITDA ($5M)-($2M).
- Balance sheet: $107M cash/investments, no debt.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479624000125/0001124796-24-000125-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479624000125/lasr-20241107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001124796-24-000125

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