Lumentum Holdings Inc [LITE] short interest falls, dropping by 11.76 million million shares

Anna Perez

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Lumentum Holdings Inc shares valued at $212,865 were sold by Wupen Yuen on Nov 19 ’25. At $258.96 per share, Wupen Yuen sold 822 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 95,077 shares worth approximately $31.53 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Fletcher Pamela sold 3,421 shares, netting a total of over 935,762 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $273.53 each, the insider now holds 10,561 shares.

Before that, HAROLD COVERT JR had added 3,313 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $796,622, the Former Director bought Lumentum Holdings Inc shares for $240.45 each.

As published in a research note from Needham on January 08, 2026, Lumentum Holdings Inc [LITE] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $470. Analysts at Mizuho started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of October 31, 2025, Raymond James has decreased its “Strong buy” rating to a “an Outperform” for LITE. Earlier on October 20, 2025, Barclays downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for LITE stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing LITE Stock Performance

On last trading session, Lumentum Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LITE] plunged -8.22% to $331.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $327.38, but it reached a high of $357.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -15.59%. Over the course of the year, Lumentum Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 296.01%.

Is Lumentum Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Lumentum Holdings Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.97 million shares to 11.76 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 12.73 million shares. A decline of -8.27% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.17 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.17.

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In terms of Lumentum Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 272 in the next 12 months, down nearly -24.72% from the previous closing price of $361.33. Analysts anticipate Lumentum Holdings Inc stock to reach 470 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 165. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Lumentum Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On August 29, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $165.

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