Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-10-06 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

Lumentum Holdings Inc ranks 12 of 16 in its cohort on the Closelooknet composite (60/100) — the cohort is led by Micron Technology Inc at 71/100.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc	60	92	45	21	bull	2.9%
MU Micron Technology Inc	71	82	88	49	info	15.2%
005930.KS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	70	59	75	76	neutral	27.4%
000660.KS SK Hynix Inc	69	38	94	73	neutral	40.6%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	67	83	95	36	bull	0.5%
APH Amphenol Corporation	66	83	74	33	info	2.2%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc	65	96	55	21	neutral	2.1%
ASML ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares	65	74	85	21	neutral	7%
ASM.AS ASM International NV	62	61	76	27	bull	13.2%
ALAB Astera Labs, Inc.	61	70	77	7	bull	27.5%
CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	61	56	83	14	bull	31.2%
NDSN Nordson Corporation	61	82	71	35	bull	1.4%
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc	60	70	50	32	watch	15.8%
VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc	48	68	33	26	ok	20.3%
NOK Nokia Corp ADR	39	40	26	32	neutral	41.5%
AAOI Applied Opt	36	48	11	23	bull	48%

Scores are relative readings across the Closelooknet coverage universe — methodology in the company-scoring explainer. Signal lights come from the nightly signal board.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-06

Quick answers

Who are Lumentum Holdings Inc's peers in the Closelooknet universe?

The cohort is drawn from shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector: Micron Technology Inc (MU), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Amphenol Corporation (APH), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares (ASML), ASM International NV (ASM.AS) and others.

How does LITE score against its peers?

Lumentum Holdings Inc's composite reads 60/100, ranking 12 of 16 in its cohort as of 2026-10-06; the cohort's highest composite is Micron Technology Inc at 71/100. Closelooknet scores are research diary readings, not ratings or advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where LITE appears in the diary — 25 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Optical Interconnects — The Toll Nobody KeepsReport · 13 Aug 2026On Monday, Lumentum followed with −8.6%.
Portfolio Construction — Build a Barbell · Closelooknet Heresy IIIHeresy · 16 May 2026Live cohort as of May 2026: COHR · CRWV · GLW · INTC · IREN · LITE · MRVL · NBIS · NOK · SNPS.
Pattern 03 — NVIDIA Strategic Authority InvestmentReport · 12 May 2026Tier 2 typically appears bundled inside Tier 1 events: Lumentum's capacity-access rights, Coherent's purchase commitments, and IREN's 5 GW deployment partnership all rode in on the same 8-Ks as the equity investments.
Nvidia’s Equity Stakes — Follow the Wise Men, Pattern 03 PreviewWeekly Signal · 10 May 2026Lumentum has gone from roughly $50 in mid-2024 to $903.80 on Friday — a near-twenty-fold move, with NVIDIA's investment landing during the climb.

101 and glossary

Networking & Optical Interconnects: The Constraint After Compute101NVIDIA’s networking stack (acquired via Mellanox), Broadcom’s switching silicon, Marvell’s interconnect IP, and the optical transceiver ecosystem (Lumentum, Coherent, Fabrinet) all benefit from the same physical reality: at cluster scale…
Optical TransceiverGlossaryA device converting electrical signals to optical for fiber networking; LITE, COHR, and FN are pure-play beneficiaries.
Strategic Authority Investment: Reading the Jensen Huang Roadmap101Forward watchlist: LITE, COHR, FN (optical), MU (memory), VRT, GEV (power), PSTG, NTAP, WDC (storage).

Dailies

S&P 500 — record high as Marvell jumps 7.6% on its investor day; chip-machine makers slideMidday 10 · 6 Oct 2026The same business rises with it: Astera Labs +8.2% to $392.00, Credo +5.0% to $223.09, Broadcom +4.4% to $378.42, Lumentum +2.6% to $1,120.08
Jobs day — futures +0.3% before payrolls; Nike −8.7% after hours, Accenture holds +15.8%Morning 10 · 2 Oct 2026Coherent closed at 319.19 and Lumentum at 1,045.78 (+7.7%).
Jobs-day rally fades — weak payrolls lift stocks at the open, then yields turn up and the Dow goes flatMidday 10 · 2 Oct 2026Chips lead: chip funds SOXX +2.4% and SMH +2.00%, AMD +2.83%, Broadcom +2.32%, Nvidia +1.52%; optics Coherent +4.02%, Lumentum +3.16%; Oracle +2.38%; software fund IGV flat (+0.14%)
AI comeback — Accenture +18%, Synopsys +8%, optics +9% while all three US indices slipMidday 10 · 1 Oct 2026AI hardware suppliers jump: Coherent $316.10 (+9.83%), Lumentum $1,057.23 (+8.85%); Arista +0.35%, Nvidia +0.35%, Broadcom −1.24%; in Tokyo, Lasertec +11.14% and Advantest +9.78%
Expiry Friday — the equipment names join at last: Applied +4.4%, Lam +5.2%, memory ETF over $58, 10-year back at 5%Midday 10 · 18 Sept 2026The wiring bought with the tools: Coherent +4.9% to $308.78, Lumentum +1.5% to $906.72, Broadcom +2.3% to $355.45; Micron +1.2%; Nvidia flat at $219.54, AMD −0.2% at $543.93, Marvell −0.9%, Arm +0.6%, TSMC +0.3% — the design side pauses…
Day after the hike — yields fall and the lines are retaken: 10-year 4.95%, chips +3% over $505, S&P ETF above $757.83Midday 10 · 17 Sept 2026Chips, the design side wider: AMD +6.4% to $545.38, Micron +5.5% to $977.94, Broadcom +2.9% to $349.39, Nvidia +2.3% to $218.74, TSMC +2.1% to $425.93; memory ETF +4.4% to $57.63; optics pause — Lumentum −0.4% at $916, Coherent +1.2%
Rates — the Fed hikes and the 10-year closes above 5%: the belly sold, the relief unwound, chips back under $505Morning 10 · 17 Sept 2026Inside chips the day was not one story: optics and interconnect were bought hard — Lumentum +9.6%, Credo +7.4%, Coherent +6.9%, Astera Labs +6.6%, Soitec +13.4% in Paris — and the equipment names were sold again, Applied Materials −1.4%…
Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000Morning 10 · 9 Sept 2026Intel +9.1% on another CPU price rise, AMD +5.9%, Broadcom +3.0%, and the optical names went vertical — Lumentum +11.0%, Corning +7.6% on an 80-million-mile fibre contract with Verizon, Coherent +7.1% — while Shopify, UiPath and Atlassian…

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