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Company snapshot — Lumentum Holdings Inc

LITE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Lumentum makes optical and photonic components: laser chips, laser sub-assemblies, wavelength management systems, optical modules, optical circuit switches and industrial lasers. These parts serve cloud, AI and machine-learning networks, telecoms, consumer and industrial customers. It is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Where it sits in the stack
In our Rubin Build-Out 100 index, Lumentum sits in Layer 5, Connectivity & Materials, in the High-Speed Interconnects sleeve — the optical fabric that links separate GPUs into working clusters. It is a supplier that cluster builders depend on to keep bandwidth ahead of accelerator counts.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group prices it against other optical-component and laser makers — Coherent, Applied Optoelectronics, Ciena and Fabrinet; the market also compares it with Infinera.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a Rubin Build-Out 100 constituent and carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest. It has appeared in a report on optical-interconnect drawdowns, in a Heresy piece's barbell portfolio, and in a report on Nvidia's investment pattern where its capacity-access rights rode alongside a supplier's purchase commitments.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether capacity-access arrangements tied to large buyers keep translating into shipped volume, and whether the growth read holds against a persistently weak valuation module.

Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 5 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelook company score reads 55/100 composite (momentum 68, quality 41, valuation 21) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for LITE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Deutsche Bank, 2026-08-31

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for LITE from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 1,200 Target set to $1200 (+31.2% to spot) 2026-08-31

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Optical components and lasers · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Optical components and lasers

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

  • COHRCoherent Inc
    day
    +2.1%
    vs 50d
    −0.3%
    off high
    −32.7%
    score
    36

    flow: losing force

  • AAOIApplied Opt
    day
    +1.4%
    vs 50d
    −13.2%
    off high
    −58.0%
    score
    32

    flow: losing force

  • CIENCiena Corp
    day
    +1.1%
    vs 50d
    −10.9%
    off high
    −46.0%
    score
    —
  • FNFabrinet
    day
    −3.0%
    vs 50d
    −17.9%
    off high
    −49.1%
    score
    —

    flow: getting weaker

Compared against LITE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
LITE−2.8%−4.5%+2.3%+2.7%
High-Speed Interconnects+1.9%−1.1%−3.1%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 2.3 pts behind on the week, 5.2 pts ahead on the month; against its High-Speed Interconnects sleeve 5.4 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Technology in US: −2.1% week · −3.4% month · −1.2% quarter · +32.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE)?

Lumentum Holdings Inc trades as LITE on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is LITE in a Closelook index?

Yes — Lumentum Holdings Inc is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

What is Lumentum Holdings Inc's Closelook composite score?

55 out of 100, with momentum 68, quality 41 and valuation 21 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Lumentum Holdings Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 11 prints Closelook covers, Lumentum Holdings Inc beat EPS estimates 11 times and revenue estimates 8 times; the three-day reactions split 6 up, 2 flat and 3 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-08-14 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does LITE trade against its moving averages?

Stochastic turned up: Its stochastic crossed up out of oversold (%K 31.3 over %D 26.2) today — a short-term momentum-turn signal. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is LITE doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Lumentum Holdings Inc is +2.3% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 5.2 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its High-Speed Interconnects sleeve is −3.1% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Lumentum Holdings Inc do?

Lumentum makes optical and photonic components: laser chips, laser sub-assemblies, wavelength management systems, optical modules, optical circuit switches and industrial lasers. These parts serve cloud, AI and machine-learning networks, telecoms, consumer and industrial customers. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. Closelook's peer group prices it against other optical-component and laser makers — Coherent, Applied Optoelectronics, Ciena and Fabrinet; the market also compares it with Infinera.

Where does Lumentum Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In our Rubin Build-Out 100 index, Lumentum sits in Layer 5, Connectivity & Materials, in the High-Speed Interconnects sleeve — the optical fabric that links separate GPUs into working clusters. It is a supplier that cluster builders depend on to keep bandwidth ahead of accelerator counts. It is a Rubin Build-Out 100 constituent and carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest. It has appeared in a report on optical-interconnect drawdowns, in a Heresy piece's barbell portfolio, and in a report on Nvidia's investment pattern where its capacity-access rights rode alongside a supplier's purchase commitments.

What has Wall Street done on Lumentum Holdings Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Lumentum Holdings Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Deutsche Bank on 2026-08-31 (target 1,200). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Lumentum Holdings Inc?

Lumentum Holdings Inc appears in 20 Closelook pieces, most recently Midday 10: Day after the hike — yields fall and the lines are retaken: 10-year 4.95%, chips +3% over $505, S&P ETF above $757.83 (2026-09-17); Morning 10: Rates — the Fed hikes and the 10-year closes above 5%: the belly sold, the relief unwound, chips back under $505 (2026-09-17); Morning 10: Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000 (2026-09-09). What Closelook said most recently: Chips, the design side wider: AMD +6.4% to $545.38, Micron +5.5% to $977.94, Broadcom +2.9% to $349.39, Nvidia +2.3% to $218.74, TSMC +2.1% to $425.93; memory ETF +4.4% to $57.63; optics pause — Lumentum −0.4% at $916, Coherent +1.2% (Midday 10, 2026-09-17). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LITE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 20 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Day after the hike — yields fall and the lines are retaken: 10-year 4.95%, chips +3% over $505, S&P ETF above $757.83” (2026-09-17)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where LITE appears in the diary — 20 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Dailies

Related in the Closelook universe