---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-012099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPTH"
cik: "0000889971"
company_name: "LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:49:40.404277+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LightPath Q4 revenue down 11% to $8.6M; net loss widens to $2.4M; FY24 loss $8.0M

## Summary
- Q4 FY2024 revenue $8.6M (-11% YoY); full-year revenue $31.7M (-4% YoY).
- Q4 net loss $2.4M ($0.06/sh) vs $0.8M loss a year ago; FY net loss $8.0M ($0.21/sh) vs $4.0M.
- Q4 gross margin 29% vs 32% prior year; FY gross margin 27% vs 34%; inventory write-down impacted.
- Key milestone: qualified for Lockheed Martin US Army missile program; shipping air-worthy units.
- Backlog $19.3M (-11% YoY); cash from operations improved to +$0.5M from -$2.8M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-012099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPTH
- cik: 0000889971
- company_name: LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495424012099/0001654954-24-012099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495424012099/lpth_8k.htm

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