Basic Materials
Lightwave Logic, Inc.(LWLG)
Live Price
Offline$9.78
+5.39% today
1Y Change
+545.38%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.42B
- Revenue Growth
- +147.7%
- EPS Growth
- +15.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $2.42B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $9.78 and up 545.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +147.7%, EPS growth of +15.8%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +147.7%, EPS +15.8%, free cash flow +17.4% with operating margin -8765.5% and ROIC -26.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at price/sales 10223.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LWLG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+147.7% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-8765.5% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +147.7% and EPS at +15.8%, with operating margin around -8765.5%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | +10.8% | +0.7% | -31.6% |
2026 Mar 20, 2026 | โ | +9.3% | +6.9% | +109.5% |
2025 Nov 14, 2025 | โ | -3.7% | -15.1% | -22.1% |
Benchmark Edge
LWLG vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LWLG Max Drawdown
-53.95%
Trailing 1Y
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LWLG and SPY.
Company Overview
Lightwave Logic, Inc.
NASDAQ Capital Market
Lightwave Logic, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on the development of photonic devices and non-linear optical polymer materials systems for fiber-optic data communications and optical computing markets in the United States. The company is involved in designing and synthesizing organic chromophores for use in its electro-optic polymer systems and photonic device designs. It also offers electro-optic modulators, which converts data from electric signals to optical signals for transmission over fiber-optic cables; and polymer photonic integrated circuits, a photonic device, which integrates various photonic functions on a single chip. In addition, the company provides the ridge waveguide modulator, a modulator that fabricates the waveguide within a layer of its electro-optic polymer system. It focuses on selling its products to electro-optic device manufacturers, such as telecommunications component and systems manufacturers, networking and switching suppliers, semiconductor companies, Web 2.0 media, computing companies, aerospace companies, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as Third-order Nanotechnologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lightwave Logic, Inc. in March 2008. Lightwave Logic, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
- Leadership
- Yves LeMaitre
- IPO Date
- May 16, 2006
- Employees
- 31
- Street Address
- 369 Inverness Parkway
- Mailing
- Englewood, CO, 80112
- Region
- Englewood, CO, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 720 340 4949
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
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- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 10223.5
- Price/Book
- 29.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +147.7%
- EPS
- +15.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- +17.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- -352.4%
- Operating Margin
- -8765.5%
- Net Margin
- -8576.5%
- ROE
- -46.1%
- ROIC
- -26.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.03
- Current Ratio
- 32.69
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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