Risk factor
Very high price volatility
Profitability factor
Greatly overvalued vs peers
About
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of optical and photonic products. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California and currently employs 5,161 full-time employees. The firm operates in two segments: Optical Communications (OpComms) and Commercial Lasers (Lasers). The firm's OpComms products include a range of components, modules and subsystems to support and maintain customers in its two primary markets: Telecom and Datacom. The firm's Lasers products serve customers in markets and applications, such as manufacturing, biotechnology, graphics and imaging, remote sensing, and precision machining, such as drilling in printed circuit boards, wafer singulation and solar cell scribing. The firm's customers include original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is greatly overvalued relative to its peers. In particular, the stock is overpriced on P/E, 'expensive' on EV/EB