Nlight (LASR) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)
Nlight (LASR) reported Operating Margin of -4.32% for Q2 2026, up 2.54 percentage points from -6.86% a year earlier but down 3.42 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nlight (LASR) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Nlight's Operating Margin came in at -5.47%, up 18.54 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -10.16%, up 22.90 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of -0.71 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at -33.06% in FY2024 (-10.78 pp), -22.28% in FY2023 (+0.49 pp), -22.76% in FY2022 (-11.58 pp) and -11.19% in FY2021 (-1.74 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of -55.78% in Q4 2024 and a high of -0.90% in Q1 2026.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +10.97 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 49.12 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2022 (a drop of 28.61 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -0.90% (Q1 2026), -6.66% (Q4 2025) and -10.94% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 335.00 Bn | 306.69 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 20.91% |
| 2 | Amphenol | 195.29 Bn | 189.87 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 29.51% |
| 3 | Deere | 171.04 Bn | 139.14 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 14.72% |
| 4 | Eaton | 148.76 Bn | 145.94 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 16.32% |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 119.06 Bn | 117.18 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 23.86% |
| 6 | Emerson Electric | 89.65 Bn | 82.39 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 26.92% |
| 7 | 3M | 88.58 Bn | 69.98 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 15.14% |
| 8 | Illinois Tool Works | 78.67 Bn | 75.23 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 26.67% |
| 9 | Vertiv Holdings | 78.16 Bn | 68.78 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 19.48% |
| 10 | Nlight | 2.08 Bn | 1.17 Bn | 25.73 Mn | -4.32% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -4.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.90% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -6.66% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -10.94% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -6.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -18.60% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -55.78% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -21.02% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -25.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -33.05% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -27.64% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -24.75% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -21.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -15.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -41.45% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -21.60% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -16.96% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -12.89% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -12.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -9.36% |
API Access
Nlight Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LASR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "LASR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LASR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();