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POET Technologies (RI4A) Stock Price & Analysis

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RI4A Stock Chart & Stats

€4.31-€0.23(-5.07%)
At close: 5:30 PM GMT+1
€4€6€8Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21Oct 5Oct 19Nov 2
Day’s Range
EUR 4.25 - EUR 4.66
52-Week Range
EUR 3.41 - EUR 18.74
Previous Close
EUR 4.54
Volume
N/A
Average Volume (3M)
2,935
Market Cap
EUR 782.68M
Enterprise Value
EUR 880.59M
Total Cash (Recent Filing)
EUR 796.34M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)
EUR 7.80M
Price to Earnings (P/E)
―
Beta
0.48
Next Earnings
Nov 16, 2026 (Est.)
Next Dividend Ex-Date
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A

Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls Say

Revenue Growth

Rapid year-over-year revenue growth and six consecutive quarters of expansion indicate improving commercial traction for POET’s optical engines and photonics products. Continued adoption would provide a foundation for operating leverage and help convert the company’s technology platform into a broader recurring business.

Balance Sheet Strength

Very low leverage and a substantially larger equity and asset base reduce near-term solvency pressure while giving POET more capacity to fund research, commercialization, and scaling. This financial flexibility is a durable advantage as the company works toward profitability and cash-flow breakeven.

Commercial Partnerships

The Lumilens supply agreement, strategic joint development partnership, and sizable potential order indicate that POET is progressing beyond pure technology development toward commercial deployment. Such customer commitments could support volume growth and validate demand for its AI-focused optical interconnect platform.

Bears Say

Severe Unprofitability

POET’s income statement shows that revenue growth has not yet translated into economic profitability. Negative gross profit and exceptionally large operating losses indicate that the current cost structure remains far from scaled, leaving execution and margin improvement essential to the long-term business case.

Persistent Cash Burn

Heavy operating and free-cash-flow deficits mean POET continues to consume capital while investing and absorbing operating losses. Until cash generation improves materially, the company remains dependent on its existing capital base or future external funding to sustain commercialization and expansion.

Low Returns On Capital

The enlarged equity base has not yet produced attractive returns, with negative ROE indicating that capital is being deployed without corresponding profits. This weak capital productivity may persist while POET scales, and it increases the importance of converting partnerships and orders into profitable operations.

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RI4A FAQ

What was POET Technologies’s price range in the past 12 months?
POET Technologies lowest stock price was €3.41 and its highest was €18.74 in the past 12 months.
What is POET Technologies’s market cap?
POET Technologies’s market cap is €782.68M.
When is POET Technologies’s upcoming earnings report date?
POET Technologies’s next earnings report is estimated for Nov 16, 2026 (not yet confirmed), which is in 10 days.
How were POET Technologies’s earnings last quarter?
POET Technologies released its earnings results on Aug 13, 2026. The company reported -€0.004 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of -€0.062 by €0.058.
Is POET Technologies overvalued?
Not enough analysts have published a price target to calculate whether the price is overvalued.
Does POET Technologies pay dividends?
POET Technologies does not currently pay dividends.
What is POET Technologies’s EPS estimate?
POET Technologies’s EPS estimate is -0.05.
How many shares outstanding does POET Technologies have?
POET Technologies has 173,058,090 shares outstanding.
What happened to POET Technologies’s price movement after its last earnings report?
POET Technologies reported an EPS of -€0.004 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of -€0.062. Following the earnings report the stock price went up 0.654%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of POET Technologies?
Hedge funds hold POET Technologies shares: the largest hedge-fund position in POET Technologies is 1,136,723,953 shares, and hedge funds decreased their holdings by 38.9K shares last quarter.
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology