LITE’s short interest surges to 11.77 million shares

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Lumentum Holdings Inc shares valued at $26,479 were purchased by WUPEN YUEN on Jul 23 ’25. At $99.92 per share, WUPEN YUEN acquired 265 shares.

Also, Wupen Yuen sold 264 shares, netting a total of over 27,226 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $103.13 each, the insider now holds 80,038 shares.

Before that, Wupen Yuen had sold 264 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $26,986, the PRESIDENT, CLOUD & NETWORKING traded Lumentum Holdings Inc shares for $102.22 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 264 shares, worth approximately $8.26 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Wolfe Research on July 08, 2025, Lumentum Holdings Inc [LITE] has been an Outperform. Analysts at Northland Capital upgraded the stock from ‘”a Market perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 24, 2025, Raymond James has increased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Strong buy” for LITE. Earlier on March 11, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for LITE stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing LITE Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Lumentum Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LITE] rose 0.70% to $102.85. The stock’s lowest price that day was $101.8, but it reached a high of $103.65 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.20%. Over the course of the year, Lumentum Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 85.58%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $105.47 on 07/21/25 and a 52-week low of $45.65 on 04/04/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 101.88, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 100.92. In the upper region, resistance lies at 103.73. The next price resistance is at 104.62. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 68.86 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Lumentum Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Lumentum Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-30 jumping by 0.25 million shares to 11.77 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-30 was 11.51 million shares. A jump of 2.14% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.25 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.25.

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In terms of Lumentum Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 80 in the next 12 months, down nearly -21.67% from the previous closing price of $102.13. Analysts anticipate Lumentum Holdings Inc stock to reach 82 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 75. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Lumentum Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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