Who owns nLIGHT (LASR)?
142 holders named in SEC filings declare between 72.5% and 92.1% of nLIGHT's shares outstanding, as of Sep 15, 2026. The largest are Vanguard (8.7%), BlackRock (8.5%) and NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (3.5%); the five largest hold 27.5% together. Another 223 institutions hold small positions worth 2.7%. At least 5.2% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 15.9% and sold 11.2% of the shares, a net purchase of 4.8%; 72 opened a position, 130 added, 115 reduced and 44 sold out. Biggest buyers: JPMorgan (+830,454 shares) and BlackRock (+559,849 shares). Biggest sellers: Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (-470,096) and MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP (-465,000). Directors and officers, from their latest Form 4: Scott H. Keeney (3.4%). Over time, 351 managers declared nLIGHT in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 106 for Q4 2019: together at most 92.2% of the shares outstanding, against 73.8%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 13F | 8.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| BlackRock | 13F | 8.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 13F | 3.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2021 |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 13F | 3.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2025 |
| Scott H. Keeney | Form 4 | 3.4% | Sep 9, 2026 | — |
| Invesco | 13F | 2.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Geode Capital | 13F | 2.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 13F | 2.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2022 |
| State Street | 13F | 2.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Fidelity (FMR) | 13F | 1.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2021 |
| JPMorgan | 13F | 1.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2021 |
| VanEck | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2026 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC | 13F | 1.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2026 |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 13F | 1.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | 13F | 1.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Dimensional | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2020 |
| Nuveen | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2025 |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD | 13F | 1.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 13F | 1.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2025 |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 13F | 1.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2025 |
| Northern Trust | 13F | 1.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 13F | 0.96% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2024 |
nLIGHT institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 106 | 73.8% | $589.2M | 75.1% |
| Q4 2020 | 143 | 89.5% | $1.2B | 76.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 124 | 88.3% | $928.7M | 74.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 136 | 88.5% | $406.3M | 72.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 136 | 84.9% | $535.0M | 66.7% |
| Q4 2024 | 163 | 83.2% | $422.7M | 69.9% |
| Q4 2025 | 249 | 88.3% | $1.7B | 63.6% |
| Q2 2026 | 351 | 92.2% | $3.6B | 61.1% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.