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Neophotonics Corp Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest, by Eby Elizabeth Lynne, was filed 30 May 2019.
Neophotonics Corp: what insiders have been doing
Every trade that managers of Neophotonics Corp disclose to SEC (Form 4) is tracked on this page. The company sits in the Technology sector. The past year has been quiet: not a single insider filing for Neophotonics Corp. The previous disclosure was published on 5 August 2022.
The full history, which starts in 2016, counts 1 purchase against 123 sales.
This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
Insider Decl.
527
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€160,272
1 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€22M
123 ops. · all time
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
as of FY 2021FY ended December 2021 · cache
Income statement
RevenueUS$249.9M
Gross profitUS$58.2M23% margin
Net income-US$35.1M-14.0% margin
Last declaration on 5 August 2022
Declarations527 total
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3,076 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044654:2
3,200 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044654:3
32,465 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044654:4
32,465 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044654:5
139,684 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044678:0
24,020 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044656:0
16,283 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044610:0
207,878 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044658:0
13,207 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044661:0
481,480 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044654:0
49,459 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044613:0
29,042 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044589:0
394,065 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044645:0
34,367 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044648:0
4,685 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044652:0
4,621 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001209191-22-044650:0
3,458 shares@ US$16.001.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000137:2
922 shares@ US$16.000.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000137:3
3,458 shares@ US$16.001.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000138:2
922 shares@ US$16.000.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000138:3
10,000 shares@ US$16.001.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000136:2
2,666 shares@ US$16.000.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000136:3
6,970 shares@ US$15.991.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001227025-22-000139:2
10,000 shares0Common StockSEC:0001227025-22-000137:1
25 of 527 declarations
About Neophotonics Corp
NeoPhotonics Corp. (ticker: NPTN) was a U.S.-based technology company formerly listed on the NYSE and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. Founded in 1996, the company built a focused franchise in advanced photonics for communications networks, serving cloud and telecom infrastructure customers with high-performance optical components and subsystems. Its business model was that of a specialized technology supplier rather than a broad-based hardware vendor, with core capabilities centered on silicon photonics, hybrid photonic integrated circuits, lasers, modules, and subsystems for high-speed optical transmission. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/file/34-101379))
From an operating perspective, NeoPhotonics designed and manufactured products used to transmit, receive, and switch very high-speed digital optical signals. The company’s portfolio included lasers, coherent receivers, modulators, transceivers, and related optical modules built for bandwidth-intensive networks. It had particular exposure to 400G-and-above applications, a segment supported by secular demand from cloud computing, data centers, and next-generation telecom transport networks. That product focus gave NeoPhotonics a differentiated position in a technically demanding niche where performance, integration density, and optical efficiency matter. ([annualreports.com](https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/NYSE_NPTN_2021.pdf?utm_source=openai))
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Competitive positioning in the photonics industry was defined by specialization and innovation. NeoPhotonics was not the largest player in the market, but it was recognized for advanced optical technologies and for addressing the high-end of the communications value chain. Its customers were typically network equipment manufacturers and infrastructure providers, making the company more of a strategic components partner than a consumer-facing brand. In that context, scale, R&D intensity, and the ability to keep pace with shifting network standards were key competitive factors. ([cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/neophotonics?utm_source=openai))
A major recent milestone was the acquisition by Lumentum Holdings. Lumentum announced the deal in late 2021, and the transaction closed on August 3, 2022; NeoPhotonics’ shares were subsequently delisted from the NYSE. As a result, NPTN no longer trades as an independent public equity, although its historical SEC filings — including Form 4 insider transaction records — remain relevant for legacy analysis. ([investor.lumentum.com](https://investor.lumentum.com/financial-news-releases/news-details/2021/Lumentum-To-Acquire-NeoPhotonics-to-Accelerate-Optical-Network-Speed-And-Scalability/default.aspx?utm_source=openai))
For investors in France, Belgium, or Switzerland, NeoPhotonics is best understood as a classic specialty photonics story: high R&D intensity, exposure to network capex cycles, concentration in a technically advanced niche, and strategic value to larger optical component groups. The acquisition by Lumentum underscored the industrial relevance of its technology base, especially in silicon photonics and advanced integrated optical solutions. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/file/34-101379))
