secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NLIGHT, INC. (LASR)
CIK:        0001124796
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001124796-25-000018
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

nLIGHT Q4 revenue $47.4M, net loss $0.51/share; defense revenue up 20% to $110M in FY2024
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- Q4 revenue $47.4M, down 8.7% YoY; GAAP net loss $25.0M ($0.51 per diluted share).
- Full year 2024 revenue $198.5M, down 5.4% YoY; net loss $60.8M ($1.27 per share).
- Q4 gross margin 2.4% includes ~$6M inventory reserve charges; FY gross margin 16.6%.
- Defense segment revenue grew 20% YoY to $110M, representing 55% of total sales.
- Q1 2025 outlook: revenue $45-51M, gross margin 13-17%, adjusted EBITDA -$6M to -$3M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479625000018/0001124796-25-000018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479625000018/lasr-20250227.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001124796-25-000018

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