Lumentum
American technology company
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Lumentum Holdings Inc. is an American manufacturer of optical and photonic products. It was created in 2015 as a spinoff from JDSU.
| Lumentum Holdings Inc. | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Predecessor | JDSU |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Key people | |
| Revenue |  US$1.65 billion (2025) |
 US$−180 million (2025) | |
| US$25.9 million (2025) | |
| Total assets | US$4.22 billion (2025) |
| Total equity | US$1.13 billion (2025) |
Number of employees | 10,562 (2025) |
| Website | lumentum |
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Background
Lumentum was founded on August 1, 2015 as a spinoff from JDSU, which changed its name to Viavi Solutions.[2]
Lumentum is regarded as a leader in optics and advanced manufacturing.[3] Broadly speaking, they are a communication component manufacturer.[4] Among the end uses for their optical components are networking equipment for telecommunications and commercial lasers deployment for industrial, oversight, and scientific lab use.[5]
Among their products is a class of transceiver described as an optical circuit switch that is part of the artificial intelligence hardware stack.[6] They primarily produce optical and photonic products in two sectors of the economy: Cloud & Networking and Industrial Tech. In the former sector, they provide optical and photonic chips, components, modules, and subsystems. In the latter sector, they produce a broad spectrum of lasers.[7]
History
Following the close of trading on July 31, 2015, JDSU took the name Viavi and moved from the S&P MidCap 400 Index (making way for the addition of Catalent) to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index (replacing Susquehanna Bancshares) and Lumentum was added to the S&P 600 following trading on August 3, 2015 (replacing Comstock Resources).[8] Lumentum shares began trading on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol LITE on August 4.[9] On April 4, 2018, Lumentum was moved to the S&P Midcap index (replacing MSCI and making way for C&J Energy Services).[10] On March 6, 2026, S&P Global announced that it was promoting Lumentum from the S&P MidCap 400 to the S&P 500 effective on the open of trading on March 23.[11][12] On May 11, Nasdaq announced that Lumentum would replace CoStar Group (CSGP) in the Nasdaq-100 Index before the opening bell on May 18, 2026.[13]
On March 2, Nvidia made two $2 billion strategic investments in photonics technologies companies: one in Lumentum and one in Coherent Corp..[14]