A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own LASR shares is 211, representing 87.80% of the company's common stock.

JPMorgan Investment Management, I, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in LASR by -0.08% restricting it's holding to 3.06 Million shares of worth nearly $30.99 Million. TimesSquare Capital Management LL also lessened -13.46% of the LASR shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.71 Million shares of worth $17.39 Million. Pinnacle Associates Ltd also shunned LASR shares holding by -6.24% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.44 Million shares worth $14.65 Million.

As per its latest 13F filing, The Vanguard Group, Inc increased its stake in LASR by 7.63% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 4.27 Million shares having worth more than $43.32 Million. BlackRock Fund Advisors also added 1.81% more shares of LASR to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.7 Million shares of worth $27.34 Million. ClearBridge Investments LLC also increased its LASR shares holding by 0.15% which brought its holding to 1.79 Million shares worth $18.16 Million.

The insider with the most stakes in LASR is KEENEY SCOTT H , a President and CEO at the company. Additionally, LASR stock is highly held by Chief Financial Officer BAREKET RAN and Chief Accounting Officer NIAS JAMES among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.8 percent of nLIGHT, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which LASR insiders have sold stock, totaling 975 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include and NIAS JAMES.

There have been no transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which LASR insiders have bought stock N/A.

Around 1.25 Million nLIGHT, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.80% of LASR Stock.

LASR President and CEO, KEENEY SCOTT H holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. LASR shares owned by Levinson total nearly 969.52 Thousands.

The Vanguard Group, Inc is the largest institutional owner in LASR which holds 4.27 Million shares worth $43.32 Million or 9.43% of the total LASR shares outstanding followed by JPMorgan Investment Management, I with ownership of 3.06 Million shares representing 6.75% of the LASR ownership. BlackRock Fund Advisors, Inc is the third largest stakeholder with 2.7 Million shares or 5.95% of the ownership worth more than $27.34 Million.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the LASR is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of LASR shares short as of 2022-10-13 was 1.26 Million. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 44.79 Million shares of LASR are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, LASR has 43.79 Million shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for LASR was N/A as of 2022-10-13.