---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-25-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2025-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T01:42:51.212991+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT preliminary Q4 revenue $46-48M, below $49-54M guidance

## Summary
- Revenue expected $46-48M vs prior guidance $49-54M; weak industrial, microfabrication delays.
- Laser Products revenue $31-32M; Advanced Development $15-16M.
- Gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA materially below prior guidance due to lower revenue and rightsizing charges.
- CEO cites optimism for aerospace and defense programs entering 2025.
- Q4/full-year earnings call scheduled for Feb 27, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-25-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-01-14T23:59:59+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/1124796/000112479625000015/0001124796-25-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479625000015/lasr-20250114.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001124796-25-000015.txt

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