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Alex Zhao
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

We Are Launching Coverage of Lumentum Holdings With a $46 Fair Value Estimate and No-Moat Rating

We are launching coverage of Lumentum Holdings with a $46 fair value estimate and no moat rating and stable moat trend. Despite Lumentum’s domain expertise in optical communications components that face robust demand, the firm has not demonstrated a proven ability to earn excess returns on capital due to sporadic purchasing pattern from customers and a fragmented market structure. 3-D sensing in consumer electronics could provide a windfall in revenue, but the laser diode business is quickly bec...
Underlying
Lumentum Holdings Inc.

Lumentum Holdings is a provider of optical and photonic products addressing a range of end-market applications including Optical Communications (OpComms) and Commercial Lasers (Lasers) for manufacturing, inspection and life-science applications. The company's segments are: OpComms, which include a range of components, modules and subsystems to support customers including carrier networks of access, metro, long-haul and submarine applications; and Lasers, which provides lasers for the industrial and scientific markets used in a range of original equipment manufacturer applications including diode-pumped solid-state, fiber, diode, direct-diode and gas lasers such as argon-ion and helium-neon lasers.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Alex Zhao

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