On October 15, Lumentum fell 3.1% Overnight, trading at $868.58 per share, with turnover of $2.35 million.
The move aligns with the latest market narrative around continued profit-taking and a broader pullback across optical networking shares, even after the company disclosed that AI server optical component orders were sold out into early 2029.
Recent company commentary indicated that some products may remain unable to meet roughly 70% of demand before 2027, underscoring unusually tight supply. At the same time, the stock had surged about 556% over the past 12 months alongside 83% revenue growth, leaving valuation and positioning vulnerable to consolidation. Supporting this interpretation, recent sector trading was broadly weaker, with Applied Optoelectronics, Ciena and Arista Networks also posting declines, while analysts had simultaneously raised price targets, showing that the latest weakness was more consistent with sector rotation than a deterioration in the company’s AI demand outlook.
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