NLIGHT INC LASR
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 65487K100 · ISIN US65487K1007
- SectorTechnology
- IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices
- HeadquartersCamas, WA
- Founded2000
- Websitenlight.net
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($2.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.8m as of 2026-02-25, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $37.51. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($1.7m notional), 3 hold puts ($585.2k).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 140 |
| Q4 2022 | 145 |
| Q1 2023 | 151 |
| Q2 2023 | 141 |
| Q3 2023 | 143 |
| Q4 2023 | 141 |
| Q1 2024 | 138 |
| Q2 2024 | 145 |
| Q3 2024 | 163 |
| Q4 2024 | 169 |
| Q1 2025 | 157 |
| Q2 2025 | 181 |
| Q3 2025 | 226 |
| Q4 2025 | 251 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 60 | 58 |
| Q2 2024 | 74 | 53 |
| Q3 2024 | 87 | 49 |
| Q4 2024 | 83 | 70 |
| Q1 2025 | 69 | 89 |
| Q2 2025 | 113 | 76 |
| Q3 2025 | 136 | 95 |
| Q4 2025 | 137 | 106 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $177.0k | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2m | $485.3k | 0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | $5.2m | $2.7m | 0.52 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.7m | $585.2k | 0.35 |
Biggest buyers
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | New | +1.1m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | New | +732.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +341.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | Added | +326.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +307.9k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC | Added | +295.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +253.5k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | Added | +236.7k |
| Apis Capital Advisors, LLC | Added | +220.8k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +195.3k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -488.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Reduced | -404.5k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd | Sold out | -366.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -304.9k |
| Divisar Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -287.0k |
| Harvey Partners, LLC | Reduced | -194.9k |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -179.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -141.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -106.9k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.1m30.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $498.9k13.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $37.5k1.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $22.5k600 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $555.1k14.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $22.5k600 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $7.5k200 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
No one currently above 5% in the filings since 19 Dec 2024.
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $172.9k | $172.9k |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $633.8k | $124.1k |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $537.3k | $537.3k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.0m | $2.0m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $494.5k | $494.5k |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $10.4k | 3 | $3.4m | $3.4m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $11.7m | $7.8m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.9m | $3.3m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Corso Joseph John Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | $2.4m66.1k shares |
| 2025-12-04 | Keeney Scott H President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $548.1k15.4k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | Keeney Scott H President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $325.1k9.6k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | Corso Joseph John Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $139.4k4.1k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | Nias James Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $18.8k556 shares |
| 2025-11-21 | Nias James Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $36.0k1.2k shares |
| 2025-11-11 | LINK RAYMOND A Director | Sold | $443.7k12.6k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $187.2m | Added +125.4k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $166.9m | Reduced -67.4k |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 4.40% of their portfolio | 1.9m $69.7m | Added +65.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $55.8m | Added +195.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $52.5m | Added +341.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $46.3m | Added +20.0k |
| Harvey Partners, LLC 4.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $45.1m | Reduced -194.9k |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. 4.24% of their portfolio | 1.2m $43.9m | Unchanged |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $41.3m | New |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $39.4m | Added +947 |
| Senvest Management, LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 997.5k $37.4m | Added +96.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.35% of their portfolio | 924.4k $34.7m | Reduced -404.5k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.42% of their portfolio | 875.5k $32.8m | Reduced -52.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 861.8k $32.3m | Added +106.1k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 804.5k $30.2m | Added +236.7k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 781.9k $29.3m | Added +295.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 770.5k $28.9m | Reduced -66.5k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 760.7k $28.5m | Reduced -84.7k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 732.5k $27.5m | New |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 720.6k $27.0m | Reduced -2.1k |
| AIGH Capital Management LLC 6.65% of their portfolio | 600.1k $22.5m | Unchanged |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC 1.19% of their portfolio | 590.4k $22.1m | Reduced -179.4k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 572.2k $21.5m | Added +110.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 526.0k $19.7m | Added +307.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 499.5k $18.7m | Added +128.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 491.3k $18.4m | Added +37.1k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.79% of their portfolio | 429.8k $16.1m | Added +138.7k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 416.7k $15.6m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 415.5k $15.6m | Added +2.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 414.9k $15.6m | Added +6.2k |
| First Washington CORP 3.78% of their portfolio | 388.8k $14.6m | Reduced -4.0k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 365.8k $13.7m | Added +34.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 361.8k $13.6m | Added +91.2k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.49% of their portfolio | 356.4k $13.4m | Added +90.4k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 349.6k $13.1m | Added +174.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 342.1k $12.8m | Added +326.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 333.7k $12.5m | Reduced -304.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 312.4k $11.7m | Reduced -18.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 306.1k $11.5m | Reduced -79.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 288.9k $10.8m | Added +162.7k |
| Divisar Capital Management LLC 3.04% of their portfolio | 288.4k $10.8m | Reduced -287.0k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 1.15% of their portfolio | 274.2k $10.3m | Reduced -3.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 263.6k $9.9m | Added +253.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 258.5k $9.7m | Added +178.7k |
| Apis Capital Advisors, LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 250.8k $9.4m | Added +220.8k |
| MYDA Advisors LLC 2.52% of their portfolio | 239.0k $9.0m | Reduced -93.0k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 226.7k $8.5m | Reduced -19.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 216.7k $8.1m | Added +69.1k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 1.05% of their portfolio | 215.0k $8.1m | Reduced -35.0k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.04% of their portfolio | 213.2k $8.0m | Reduced -85.2k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 212.1k $8.0m | Added +48.3k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 186.8k $7.0m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 181.0k $6.8m | Added +128.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.1k $6.6m | Reduced -106.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.6k $5.3m | Reduced -488.9k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 141.3k $5.3m | Reduced -90.2k |
| Roubaix Capital, LLC 2.22% of their portfolio | 139.0k $5.2m | Reduced -105.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.2k $5.1m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 131.7k $4.9m | Reduced -979 |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.5k $4.4m | Reduced -37.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.0k $4.4m | Added +15.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.9k $4.3m | Added +56.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.3k $4.2m | Added +33.0k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 109.4k $4.1m | Reduced -24.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.5k $4.0m | Reduced -102.4k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 104.4k $3.9m | Added +43.4k |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC 0.92% of their portfolio | 104.0k $3.9m | Added +19.4k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.5k $3.6m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.5k $3.5m | Added +2.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.8k $3.4m | Added +2.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.7k $3.4m | Added +21.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.1k $3.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.6k $3.2m | Reduced -5.9k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 85.0k $3.2m | Reduced -14.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.9k $3.2m | Added +24.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.3k $3.0m | Reduced -80.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.8k $2.8m | Added +6.0k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.8k $2.6m | Added +5.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.3k $2.5m | Reduced -141.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.0k $2.5m | Added +1.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.3k $2.4m | Reduced -10.1k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.6k $2.3m | Added +9.8k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.5k $2.3m | Reduced -42.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.7k $2.2m | Added +15.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.9k $2.2m | Added +17.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.4k $2.0m | Added +11.7k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 51.3k $1.9m | Added +24.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.5k $1.9m | Added +6.5k |
| Sender Co & Partners, Inc. 1.03% of their portfolio | 48.3k $1.8m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.6k $1.7m | Reduced -3.4k |
| FNY Investment Advisers, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 44.1k $1.7m | Added +2.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.1k $1.7m | Reduced -142 |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.6k $1.6m | Reduced -436 |
| Militia Capital Partners, LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 42.4k $1.6m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.8k $1.6m | Added +9.1k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.5k $1.6m | Added +1.2k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 41.1k $1.5m | New |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.13% of their portfolio | 40.1k $1.5m | Reduced -135 |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 38.5k $1.4m | Added +17.6k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.5k $1.4m | Reduced -3.6k |