Lumentum (LITE) To Report Q2 Earnings: What's In The Cards?

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Factors Likely to Influence Q2 Results

Laser-based 3D sensing is a rapidly developing market and Lumentum has significant growth opportunities supported by its innovative product portfolio. The company’s acquisition of Oclaro is expected to strengthen the company’s position in the fiber-optic components segment and make it a market leader in 3D sensing.

In first-quarter 2019, Lumentum witnessed strong customer demand for its Optical Communication products, which increased 49% year over year. Within this segment, the major contributor was the Telecom group, which increased 29% year over year. Notably, this momentum is expected to continue in the to-be-reported quarter.

The company is also ramping up effort to boost its footprint in the Telecom end-market with the rollout of 100G and 400G products. Notably, Lumentum and Innovium validated the interoperability of 400G FR4 optics with TERALYNX switch in December.

Lumentum is witnessing strong ROADMs demand on the back of its differentiated products including Twin 1x35 and the MxN, which bodes well for the company.

In the last-reported quarter, management stated that it has increased production capacity to meet increasing customer demand.

However, the company witnessed a sequential decline in Datacom revenues in the last reported quarter. Further, the company expects this segment to decline in the range of 20% and 30%, which will adversely revenues in the to-be reported quarter.

Lumentum expects high margin lasers business revenues to stay flat in the second quarter, primarily due to seasonality, which is likely to have an impact on overall operating margin. Moreover, the company expects operating expenses to increase every quarter, which is expected to keep margins under pressure.

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Lumentum has a Zacks Rank #2 and an Earnings ESP of +1.10%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

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