Optical Stocks

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) reported fiscal third-quarter results after the close Thursday, earning 20 cents per share on revenue of $332.403 million against Wall Street expectations of 23 cents per share and $333.2 million. The optical communications company guided its fiscal fourth-...

The optical space boasts multiple demand drivers from facial recognition, telecom companies looking to expand bandwidth, and the industrial/semicap sectors requiring optical products, Morgan Stanley says. But at the same time the optical space has been challenged by fragmentation, a highly...

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is scheduled to report third-quarter results Thursday that could show some price and margin compression, according to Raymond James. The Analyst Raymond James' Simon Leopold downgraded Finisar from Strong Buy to Outperform with a price target lowered...

Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI), a provider of fiber-optic networking products, reported fourth quarter results that came in mixed, but its first quarter revenue and sales guidance were both short of the Street's estimates. The stock fell more than 20 percent. The Analyst Loop...

Analysts at Loop Capital Markets initiated coverage of the optics sector on Tuesday. Now analysts at UBS have followed suit, although not with a similar industrywide bullish stance. The Analyst UBS' Tejas Venkatesh initiated coverage of the following three stocks: Acacia Communications,...

The optics sector may be overlooked by many investors, but a handful of stock picks in the space could yield attractive returns, according to Loop Capital Markets. The Analyst Loop Capital Markets' James Kisner initiated coverage on the following stocks: Oclaro Inc (NASDAQ: OCLR): Buy...