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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises on a key CPI inflation report. Nvidia partner CoreWeave soars on earnings.
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Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LITE) stock surged in premarket trading Wednesday after the optical technology company reported strong fourth-quarter results after Tuesday’s closing bell. During the earnings call, Lumentum said demand for its optical circuit switching products remains “incredibly strong” for 2027. The company is expanding capacity with contract manufacturers and at its own factories to meet rising demand.Earnings SnapshotLumentum reported adjusted earnings of $3.23 per share, bea

Coherent (NYSE:COHR) shares climbed 5. 7% in premarket trading to $347.

Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) reported fiscal fourth-quarter results above Wall Street expectations, supported by strong artificial intelligence-related demand for optical connectivity used in data centres. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $3.

Stocks tied to the AI trade are back on top this morning after stellar results from CoreWeave and Super Micro Computer. Cloud-computing company CoreWeave reported its fifth consecutive quarter of record revenue and a sales backlog of $104 billion yesterday—in the latest sign of continued strength of demand for AI computing. Server company Super Micro Computer reported sales that nearly doubled in its fiscal fourth quarter and surging profit.
Investor interest in photonics is rising as hyperscalers ramp AI spending, fueling expectations for a multi-year boom for optical connectivity tech providers.

Stock futures were rising on Wednesday after cloud computing company CoreWeave, optical networking company Lumentum, and server maker Super Micro all reported solid quarterly results, breathing some life into the AI trade ahead of the July inflation report.
Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) delivers eighth consecutive quarter of top-line growth, with non-GAAP gross margin crossing 50% ahead of schedule.

Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $1.01 billion, up 109% from a year earlier and 23% sequentially, as demand tied to AI data-center connectivity lifted sales of optical components and systems. The company said the quarter marked its eighth consecutive period of year-ov

Lumentum (LITE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +8.03% and +1.79%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Lumentum Holdings incurred an unadjusted net loss of $7.2 billion in Q4, caused by a one-time, non-cash $7.8 billion charge from converting certain 2026, 2028, and 2029 convertible notes into common shares.

The major market indexes pulled back amid higher oil prices and upcoming CPI inflation data. Nvidia partners Lumentum, CoreWeave, Super Micro reported late.
Investing.com -- Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) reported fiscal fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $3.23, beating the analyst estimate of $2.95 by $0.28. Revenue reached $1.01 billion, surpassing the consensus estimate of $984.57 million and marking a 109% increase from $480.7 million in the same quarter last year.

The optical networking company reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter.

Lumentum reported fiscal Q4 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while fiscal Q1 2027 guidance came in slightly above views.

AXT has surged over 350% this year riding the AI optical wave, but tonight Lumentum reports earnings and its commentary on next-generation datacenter connectivity could either validate that run or trigger another painful reversal for anyone exposed to the InP supply chain.
A Goldman Sachs executive says the AI trade is quietly shifting away from chips toward a different hardware category entirely, and two companies are already racing to fill a supply gap that could take years to close.
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AI data centers are steering the shift from copper to optical connectivity, putting photonics at the center of investor attention.
Fresh off its best week since April, the stock market suffered a bit of a hangover on Monday. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.3%. The combination of higher oil prices and bond yields were pressuring stocks.
A weekend debate on social media about optics replacing memory as the hottest AI trade sent optical stocks surging at Monday's open, then something unexpected happened within the first ten minutes of trading.
Nvidia reportedly agreed to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, adding to a growing list of investments as some analysts argue the chip maker should spend more on buybacks.
Two AI optics darlings that posted triple-digit gains this year are suddenly selling off hard, and the reason has less to do with bad news than with what investors are bracing for this week.
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