POET Technologies (POET) AI Stock Analysis

• Market Cap: $885.72M
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Average Volume (3M): 8.52M
• Price to Earnings (P/E): ―
• Beta (1Y): 2.89
• Revenue Growth: 535.87%
• EPS Growth: -6.99%
• Country: US
• Employees: 53
• Sector: Technology
• Sector Strength: 88
• Industry: Semiconductors
• EPS (TTM): >-0.01
• Shares Outstanding: 152,711,180
• 10 Day Avg. Volume: 12,579,182
• 30 Day Avg. Volume: 8,517,507
• PEG Ratio: -0.07
• Price to Book (P/B): 17.33
• Price to Sales (P/S): 8653.04
• P/FCF Ratio: -11.84
• Enterprise Value/Market Cap: 0.86
• Enterprise Value/Revenue: 993.89
• Enterprise Value/Gross Profit: -5.83K
• Enterprise Value/Ebitda: -15.95
• 1Y Price Target: N/A
• Price Target Upside: N/A
• Rating Consensus: N/A
• Number of Analyst Covering: 0
• EPS Forecast (FY): N/A
• Revenue Forecast (FY): N/A

• Rating: 54 Neutral
• Price Target: $6.00 ▲(23.97% Upside)

The score is held back primarily by weak financial performance—deep, persistent losses and ongoing cash burn—despite strong recent revenue growth and a relatively manageable balance sheet. Technicals are a notable positive (price above key moving averages with supportive momentum), but valuation is constrained by negative earnings and the absence of a dividend.

POET Technologies Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

POET Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells discrete and integrated opto-electronic solutions in Canada, the United States, and Singapore. It offers integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques and packaging methods. It also develops photonic integrated components. The company serves the data center, telecommunications, Internet of things and industrial sensing, automotive LIDAR, optical coherence tomography for medical devices, virtual reality systems markets. The company was formerly known as Opel Technologies Inc. and changed its name to POET Technologies Inc. in June 2013. POET Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

How the Company Makes Money

POET Technologies generates revenue primarily through the sale of its photonic integrated circuits and related technologies to clients in the telecommunications and data center sectors. The company's revenue model is based on direct sales of its products, as well as licensing agreements and partnerships with other technology firms looking to integrate POET's solutions into their offerings. Key revenue streams include product sales, research and development contracts, and potential royalties from intellectual property licenses. Additionally, POET collaborates with industry leaders and research institutions, which not only bolsters its technological capabilities but can also lead to additional funding and joint ventures that contribute to its overall earnings.

POET Technologies Financial Statement Overview

Summary

Despite sharp TTM revenue growth (+63%), the company remains deeply unprofitable (negative gross profit and very negative operating/net margins) with persistent losses. Cash flow is also weak with negative operating cash flow and worsening free cash flow, implying ongoing reliance on external funding. The balance sheet is a relative strength due to low leverage (~0.11x debt-to-equity) and higher equity, but sustained losses and cash burn keep the overall financial profile weak.

Income Statement

TTM (Trailing-Twelve-Months) revenue rose sharply (+63%), but the company remains deeply unprofitable with negative gross profit and extremely negative operating and net margins. Losses have been persistent across years, and profitability has deteriorated versus earlier periods, indicating the business is still far from operating leverage despite recent top-line improvement.

Balance Sheet

Leverage looks manageable: debt is low relative to equity in TTM (about 0.11x), and equity has increased meaningfully versus prior years, supporting the asset base. The key weakness is ongoing large losses driving very negative returns on equity, which could pressure the balance sheet over time if funding needs persist.

Cash Flow

Cash generation remains weak with negative operating cash flow and negative free cash flow in TTM (and consistently negative historically). Free cash flow worsened year over year, signaling elevated cash burn. A modest positive sign is that free cash flow is not worsening relative to the net loss in TTM, but the company still appears reliant on external financing to fund operations.

Breakdown	TTM	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020
Income Statement
Total Revenue	762.70K	41.43K	465.78K	552.75K	209.10K	3.89M
Gross Profit	-130.01K	41.43K	465.78K	552.75K	209.10K	2.41M
EBITDA	-47.54M	-54.57M	-18.28M	-19.69M	-14.20M	-14.65M
Net Income	-50.55M	-56.70M	-20.27M	-21.04M	-15.67M	-19.15M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets	107.83M	69.65M	8.78M	15.39M	27.15M	11.64M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	92.74M	53.82M	3.02M	9.23M	21.31M	6.87M
Total Debt	7.28M	7.24M	542.28K	308.78K	391.01K	4.09M
Total Liabilities	41.40M	48.96M	3.85M	3.95M	2.18M	5.82M
Stockholders Equity	66.44M	20.69M	4.93M	11.45M	24.97M	5.81M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow	-35.20M	-30.27M	-16.65M	-15.40M	-12.16M	-11.01M
Operating Cash Flow	-28.17M	-23.29M	-15.41M	-12.33M	-11.23M	-9.44M
Investing Cash Flow	-85.71M	-23.66M	-1.25M	3.29M	-7.30M	13.93M
Financing Cash Flow	87.34M	81.90M	10.20M	3.44M	26.55M	1.16M

POET Technologies Technical Analysis

• Technical Analysis Sentiment: Negative
• Last Price: 4.84
• 50DMA: Negative
• 100DMA: Negative
• 200DMA: Positive
• MACD: Positive
• RSI: Neutral
• STOCH: Positive

Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For POET, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 4.84 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 7.24, below the 50-day MA of 6.43, and below the 200-day MA of 5.68, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -0.12 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 37.32 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 2.94 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for POET.

POET Technologies Peers Comparison

Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
SKYT	70 Outperform	$1.54B	12.28	101.23%	―	0.19%	―
Sector *	61 Neutral	$37.18B	12.37	-10.20%	1.83%	8.50%	-7.62%
POET	54 Neutral	$885.72M	-9.19	-104.17%	―	535.87%	-6.99%
AIP	50 Neutral	$655.69M	-18.05	―	―	20.45%	12.28%
LAES	50 Neutral	$759.94M	-8.55	-45.62%	―	-44.30%	16.42%
AEHR	49 Neutral	$785.29M	-86.77	-6.97%	―	-3.23%	-122.16%
AOSL	48 Neutral	$664.36M	-6.82	-11.17%	―	5.81%	-376.55%

POET Technologies Corporate Events

POET Technologies Raises US$150 Million in Registered Direct Share Offering

On January 23, 2026, POET Technologies Inc. closed a previously announced registered direct offering of 20,689,656 common shares, raising approximately US$150 million in gross proceeds before expenses at a price of US$7.25 per share. The financing, conducted under an automatic shelf registration statement that became effective on January 22, 2026, further integrates this capital raise into POET’s existing suite of U.S. registration statements and reflects the company’s continued reliance on U.S. equity markets to bolster its balance sheet and support future corporate and operational needs, with legal opinions confirming that the newly issued shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable under applicable Canadian law.

The most recent analyst rating on (POET) stock is a Hold with a $8.50 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on POET Technologies stock, see the POET Stock Forecast page.

POET Technologies Secures Dual Innovation Honors for 1.6T Teralight Optical Engines in China

On January 20, 2026, POET Technologies reported that it won two major honors at China’s 12th Infostone Communication Consultant Shenzhen Awards, held during the IFOC 2025 Infostone Optical Communication Annual Forum & 2025 Awards Ceremony in Dongguan City, China. The company’s 1.6-terabit POET Teralight optical engines, based on its Optical Interposer platform, received the Product Innovation Award for their highly integrated design and ability to support both 1.6T DR8 and 2xFR4 pluggable modules from the same board design, while Senior Vice President of Global Product Development Dr. Mo Jinyu earned the Individual Technology Innovation Award. Organizers highlighted the products’ industry-leading core technology, commercial adoption and market advantages in AI-driven optical communications, adding to a string of industry recognitions for POET since mid-2024 and reinforcing its positioning as a key innovator in high-speed optical solutions for AI networks and data centers.

The most recent analyst rating on (POET) stock is a Hold with a $8.50 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on POET Technologies stock, see the POET Stock Forecast page.

POET Technologies Prices US$150 Million Registered Direct Offering to Accelerate AI Optical Growth

On January 22, 2026, POET Technologies announced that it had entered into securities purchase agreements with institutional investors for a registered direct offering of 20,689,656 common shares, priced to yield approximately US$150 million in gross proceeds, with closing expected around January 23, 2026 subject to customary conditions. The company plans to deploy the capital toward corporate development and expansion, including targeted acquisitions, increased R&D, acceleration of its high-speed optical module and light source businesses, and broader operational growth, a move positioned to strengthen its balance sheet, deepen its institutional investor base and support both organic and inorganic growth in the rapidly expanding AI and hyperscale data-center optics market.

The most recent analyst rating on (POET) stock is a Hold with a $8.50 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on POET Technologies stock, see the POET Stock Forecast page.

POET Technologies Collaborates with Quantum Computing Inc. for Next-Gen AI Connectivity

On November 11, 2025, POET Technologies announced a strategic collaboration with Quantum Computing Inc. to co-develop 3.2Tbps optical engines using 400G/Lane thin-film lithium niobate modulators. This innovation aims to enhance AI connectivity and meet the growing demand for high-speed data transfer in AI systems and datacenter hyperscalers. The collaboration is expected to keep POET at the forefront of AI connectivity development, with the 400G/Lane modulator doubling the speeds of the fastest networking devices currently available. The global market for these technologies is projected to reach USD $12 billion by 2030, indicating significant potential impact on the industry and stakeholders.

The most recent analyst rating on (POET) stock is a Hold with a $5.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on POET Technologies stock, see the POET Stock Forecast page.

POET Technologies Secures $150 Million in Share Offering

On October 26, 2025, POET Technologies Inc. entered into securities purchase agreements with institutional investors to sell 20,689,655 common shares at US$7.25 per share, raising nearly US$150 million. The offering, which closed on October 28, 2025, will fund corporate development, including acquisitions, R&D scaling, and expansion of their light source business, positioning the company for growth and operational enhancement.

The most recent analyst rating on (POET) stock is a Hold with a $6.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on POET Technologies stock, see the POET Stock Forecast page.