LITE’s short interest reaches 11.03 million shares on 2025-08-15

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Lumentum Holdings Inc shares valued at $409,666 were sold by Wupen Yuen on Aug 27 ’25. At $124.86 per share, Wupen Yuen sold 3,281 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 101,273 shares worth approximately $13.58 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Wupen Yuen sold 3,282 shares, netting a total of over 408,248 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $124.39 each, the insider now holds 104,554 shares.

Before that, Ali Wajid had sold 2,526 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $314,209, the EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER traded Lumentum Holdings Inc shares for $124.39 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,526 shares, worth approximately $10.34 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on August 29, 2025, Lumentum Holdings Inc [LITE] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $165. Analysts at BofA Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underperform”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of July 08, 2025, Wolfe Research has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for LITE. Earlier on April 07, 2025, Northland Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for LITE stock which previously was a “a Market perform”.

Analyzing LITE Stock Performance

On last trading session, Lumentum Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LITE] rose 1.18% to $134.12. The stock’s lowest price that day was $130.97, but it reached a high of $135.25 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 7.62%. Over the course of the year, Lumentum Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 137.25%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $137.10 on 08/29/25 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 131.64, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 129.17. In the upper region, resistance lies at 135.92. The next price resistance is at 137.73. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 74.07 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Lumentum Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Lumentum Holdings Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by 57258.0 shares to 11.03 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 11.09 million shares. A decline of -0.52% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.82 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.82.

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In terms of Lumentum Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 103.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -21.92% from the previous closing price of $132.55. Analysts anticipate Lumentum Holdings Inc stock to reach 135 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 80. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Lumentum Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 24, 2025, Raymond James assigned a price target of “a Strong buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $82.

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