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POET Stock Chart & Stats
$8.08
-$0.71(-9.34%)
At close: 4:00 PM EDT
$8.08
-$0.71(-9.34%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$3.87 - $20.81
Previous CloseN/A
Volume13.71M
Average Volume (3M)8.57M
Market Cap
$939.71M
Enterprise Value$880.59M
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$796.34M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$7.80M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta2.33
Next Earnings
Nov 16, 2026EPS Estimate
-0.06Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.71
Shares Outstanding173,058,090
10 Day Avg. Volume10,003,806
30 Day Avg. Volume8,568,793
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.34
Price to Book (P/B)3.21
Price to Sales (P/S)548.61
P/FCF Ratio-17.66
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.94
Enterprise Value/Revenue514.08
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit-756.26
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-10.92
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.26
Revenue Forecast (FY)$5.69M
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Revenue GrowthRevenue has grown for multiple reporting periods, indicating improving commercial traction rather than a single isolated increase. Continued top-line expansion can broaden the customer base, support operating leverage, and provide a foundation for scaling POET’s photonics platform over the next several quarters.
Low LeverageVery low leverage reduces near-term balance-sheet pressure and leaves the company less exposed to mandatory debt service. The substantially larger equity and asset base also gives POET greater capacity to fund research, commercialization, and operating needs while it works toward profitability.
Commercial PartnershipThe Lumilens supply agreement and joint development partnership provide concrete evidence that POET is progressing beyond technology development toward commercial deployment. A potential multi-year order pipeline could improve revenue visibility and validate demand for its AI-focused photonics solutions.
Bears Say
Severe UnprofitabilityPOET’s current economics remain deeply unprofitable, with negative gross profit and losses far exceeding revenue. This indicates that the business has not yet demonstrated sustainable unit economics or operating leverage, making future profitability dependent on substantial cost improvement and successful commercialization.
Persistent Cash BurnHeavy operating and free-cash-flow deficits show that POET continues to consume capital while expanding and absorbing operating losses. Until cash generation improves, the company remains dependent on its capital base or additional external funding, which can constrain strategic flexibility over time.
Early Commercial ScaleAlthough revenue is growing, the absolute sales base remains small relative to ongoing losses and commercialization spending. This gap suggests POET has not yet reached meaningful scale, leaving results highly sensitive to customer qualification, production ramps, and the timing of program conversions.
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POET FAQ
What was POET Technologies’s price range in the past 12 months?
POET Technologies lowest stock price was $3.87 and its highest was $20.81 in the past 12 months.
What is POET Technologies’s market cap?
POET Technologies’s market cap is $939.71M.
When is POET Technologies’s upcoming earnings report date?
POET Technologies’s upcoming earnings report date is Nov 16, 2026 which is in 28 days.
How were POET Technologies’s earnings last quarter?
POET Technologies released its earnings results on Aug 13, 2026. The company reported -$0.005 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of -$0.07 by $0.065.
Is POET Technologies overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts POET Technologies’s price is currently 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 -0.06.
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 -$0.005 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of -$0.07. Following the earnings report the stock price went up 0.451%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of POET Technologies?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in POET
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
POET Technologies Stock Smart Score
Underperform
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Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
POET Sentiment 82%
Sector Average 65%
Sector Average 65%
Hedge Fund Trend
Decreased
By 38.9K Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Insider Transactions
Sold Shares
Worth $894.2K over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Crowd Wisdom
Very Negative
Last 7 Days ▼ 0.8%
Last 30 Days ▼ 5.2%
Last 30 Days ▼ 5.2%
News Sentiment
Neutral
Bullish news 50%
Bearish news 50%
Bearish news 50%
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-28.17%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
-19.59%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
883.33%
Trailing 12-Months
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Company Description
POET Technologies
POET Technologies Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products and services for commercial applications in the United States, Canada, Singapore, and China. The company offers photonic integrated packaging solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices onto a single chip using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques. It also designs and develops photonic integrated circuits and optical engines based on the POET Optical Interposer platform. The company serves the data center; tele-communications; 5G interconnect markets, such as PON and GPON, and edge computing for machine-to-machine communications; and sensing markets, including LIDAR, Optical Coherence Tomography for medical devices, and virtual reality systems, as well as light source markets. The company has a strategic collaboration with Lite-On Technology Corporation to develop optical modules for AI applications. POET Technologies Inc. was formerly known as Opel Technologies Inc. and changed its name to POET Technologies Inc. in June 2013. POET Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
0.36% Insiders
0.12% Mutual Funds
0.28% Other Institutional Investors
98.54% Public Companies and Individual Investors