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nLIGHT (Nasdaq: LASR), a provider of high-power lasers for mission critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, has scheduled its first quarter 2025 financial results announcement for Thursday, May 8, 2025, after market close.

The company will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss Q1 results on May 8 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Investors can access the webcast through the company's investor relations website at http://investors.nlight.net, with a replay available after the call. Conference call access will be available via 1-800-549-8228 (U.S. toll-free) or +1-289-819-1520 (international).

nLIGHT (Nasdaq: LASR), a leading provider of high-power lasers for mission critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, has announced its participation in two major investor events in March 2025:

• The Raymond James & Associates 46th Annual Institutional Investors Conference on March 4, 2025, at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, FL, featuring 1x1 meetings and a company presentation at 4:35pm EDT
• The Cantor Global Technology Conference on March 12, 2025, at the InterContinental New York Barclay in New York, NY, including 1x1 meetings and a fireside chat at 8:00am EDT

Live and archived webcasts of both events will be available on the company's investor relations website at investors.nlight.net.

nLIGHT (LASR) reported its Q4 and full-year 2024 financial results, showing mixed performance across segments. Full-year revenues declined 5.4% to $198.5 million, while Q4 revenues dropped 8.7% to $47.4 million. The company's defense business emerged as a bright spot, growing 20% year-over-year to $110 million and representing 55% of overall sales.

The company experienced significant margin pressure, with full-year gross margin declining to 16.6% from 22.0% in 2023. Q4 gross margin fell sharply to 2.4% from 18.9%, impacted by $6.0 million in inventory reserves. The company reported a full-year GAAP net loss of $60.8 million ($1.27 per share) compared to $41.7 million loss in 2023.

Looking ahead to Q1 2025, nLIGHT expects revenues between $45-51 million, with gross margin projected at 13-17% and Adjusted EBITDA between ($6) million to ($3) million.

nLIGHT (NASDAQ: LASR) has announced preliminary Q4 2024 results below previous guidance. The company expects to report revenue between $46-48 million, falling short of their earlier guidance of $49-54 million. This includes Laser Products revenue of $31-32 million and Advanced Development revenue of $15-16 million.

The revenue shortfall is attributed to ongoing weakness in industrial markets, execution challenges in microfabrication business, and timing issues with defense product deliveries. The company anticipates both gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA to be materially below previous guidance due to lower product revenue and non-recurring charges related to rightsizing their industrial business.

Despite these challenges, CEO Scott Keeney expressed optimism about the aerospace and defense segment heading into 2025, citing good visibility across multiple programs in directed energy and laser sensing.

nLIGHT (Nasdaq: LASR), a provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace and defense, industrial, and microfabrication markets, announced its participation in the 27th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York. Scott Keeney, President and CEO, and Joe Corso, CFO, will attend the conference on January 15th, 2025. The executives will conduct one-on-one investor meetings and deliver a webcast presentation at 2:45pm EST. The presentation will be available live and archived on nLIGHT's investor relations website.

nLIGHT (Nasdaq: LASR), a provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for aerospace, defense, industrial, and microfabrication markets, has announced its participation in three major investor events in Q4 2024:

1. Craig-Hallum Alpha Select Conference on November 19 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

2. Raymond James TMT and Consumer Conference on December 9 at the Lotte New York Palace, featuring a webcast presentation at 8:40am EST

3. 13th Annual NYC Summit on December 17 at Mastro's Steakhouse, an invitation-only event for accredited investors and analysts

nLIGHT, a provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers, reported its Q3 2024 financial results. Revenues increased by 10.9% year-over-year to $56.1 million, driven by record results in Aerospace & Defense, which saw significant growth in directed energy and laser sensing programs. Gross margin improved to 22.4% from 19.6% in Q3 2023. Despite these gains, the company posted a net loss of $10.3 million, a slight improvement from a $11.9 million loss in Q3 2023. Adjusted EBITDA also improved but remained negative at -$0.994 million. nLIGHT expects Q4 2024 revenues to range between $49 million and $54 million, with an overall gross margin between 17% and 21%.

nLIGHT announces the production launch of Corona AFX-2000, a two-kilowatt laser with proprietary beam shaping technology for metal additive manufacturing. The laser has demonstrated up to three times faster print speeds for aluminum alloys compared to current large-format printers, while delivering twice the available power of state-of-the-art lasers. The AFX-2000 is integrated into nLIGHT's modulus platform, designed for ultra-high-productivity laser powder bed fusion printers. The technology has been commercially validated with a leading customer in aerospace, defense, and automotive markets.