<div id="readability-page-1"><p><span>LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH - Get Free Report)</span> was upgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a &#34;sell&#34; rating to a &#34;hold&#34; rating in a research note issued on Sunday.</p><ul><li>LightPath Stock Eyes 50% Upside on Defense Demand Surge</li></ul><p>Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. HC Wainwright raised their target price on LightPath Technologies from $8.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a &#34;buy&#34; rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Lake Street Capital boosted their price objective on shares of LightPath Technologies from $7.50 to $10.00 and gave the company a &#34;buy&#34; rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Weiss Ratings  reiterated a &#34;sell (d-)&#34; rating on shares of LightPath Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of LightPath Technologies to a &#34;strong-buy&#34; rating in a report on Thursday. One research analyst  has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, one  has given a Hold rating and one  has issued  a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of &#34;Moderate Buy&#34; and a consensus target price of $9.13.</p><div><p><span></span><span>Get <strong>LightPath Technologies</strong> alerts:</span></p></div><p><b>Read Our Latest Analysis on LPTH</b></p><h2>LightPath Technologies Trading Up 6.4%</h2><ul><li>Why These 3 Tech Stocks Deserve Your Attention in Q4</li></ul><p>NASDAQ LPTH opened at $7.64 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $7.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.66. LightPath Technologies has a 12-month low of $1.61 and a 12-month high of $10.69. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock has a market cap of $347.85 million, a P/E ratio of -19.59 and a beta of 1.08. </p><h2>Institutional Investors Weigh In On LightPath Technologies</h2><p>A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LPTH. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP purchased a new stake in shares of  LightPath Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $82,000.  Hudson Bay Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of  LightPath Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $84,000.  Wexford Capital LP acquired a new position in shares of  LightPath Technologies during the third quarter worth $88,000.  Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in  LightPath Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $90,000.  Finally, Granite Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of  LightPath Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $106,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own  56.29% of the company's stock. </p><h2>LightPath Technologies Company Profile</h2> (Get Free Report)<ul><li>3 Small-to-Mid-cap Stocks to Buy and Hold for 2025</li></ul><p>LightPath Technologies, Inc designs, manufactures and distributes precision optical components and assemblies for a variety of commercial, industrial, defense and scientific applications. The company's portfolio includes molded glass aspheric lenses, precision glass optics, infrared lenses and assemblies, diamond-turned optics and molded polymer optics. These components are engineered to support imaging, illumination, laser delivery, detection and sensing systems across visible, ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths.  </p><p>Among its core offerings, LightPath develops infrared optical solutions using materials such as germanium, zinc selenide and chalcogenide glasses for thermal imaging, night-vision devices and spectroscopy.</p><h2>Read More</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than LightPath Technologies</li><li>Election Stocks: How Elections Affect the Stock Market</li><li>These 3 Banks Are Rallying Into Year-End, But Will It Continue?</li><li>What is a Stock Market Index and How Do You Use Them?</li><li>3 Surging Stocks Just Got the Ultimate Stamp of Approval From the S&amp;P 500</li><li>What is Put Option Volume?</li><li>This ETF Caught a Major Tailwind After the Fed’s Rate Cut</li></ul><p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/RatingsChart.ashx/query-UHJlZml4PU5BU0RBUSZTeW1ib2w9TFBUSA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="600" height="385" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/RatingsChart.ashx/query-UHJlZml4PU5BU0RBUSZTeW1ib2w9TFBUSA"/></p><p><em>This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.</em></p><h2>Should You Invest $1,000 in LightPath Technologies Right Now?</h2><p>Before you consider LightPath Technologies, you'll want to hear this.</p><p>MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and LightPath Technologies wasn't on the list.</p><p>While LightPath Technologies currently has a Moderate Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.</p><p>View The Five Stocks Here</p>                  </div>

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<p>Wall Street Zen upgraded LightPath Technologies from a "sell" to "hold" rating. HC Wainwright and Lake Street Capital raised their target prices to $10, giving a "buy" rating. Weiss Ratings maintained a "sell" rating. The stock has a "Moderate Buy" consensus with a target price of $9.13. Institutional investors have recently acquired stakes in the company. LightPath designs optical components for various applications.</p>

LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH) Upgraded to Hold at Wall Street Zen