Laser Photonics
LASE on Nasdaq. Market value $37m.
Should I look at this?
Look carefully before going further
Why it could be worth it
Nothing stands out yet.
What to watch out for
Read the warning sign in its own filings
This is not advice.
Who owns it
None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 41 funds in all.
Largest holders overall
- Vanguard Capital Management$2mAdded
- Susquehanna International Group, LLP$628,874Added
- Renaissance Technologies$567,691New
- Geode Capital Management$508,233Added
- BlackRock$333,947Added
- Vanguard Fiduciary Trust$295,622Added
- Marshall Wace, LLP$275,090New
- UBS Group AG$268,031Added
- Virtu Financial$210,000New
- Scientech Research$202,602New
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
No one has reported a stake above 5% since December 2024.
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 1 sold $5,684.
- Lu QingDirectorSold
- Date
- 25 April 2026
- Shares
- 5,800
- Price
- $0.98
- Value
- $5,684
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2026 | Lu Qing Director | Sold | 5,800 | $0.98 | $5,684 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
2 serious warning signs in Laser Photonics’ filings.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 20 Apr 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 14 Aug 2026 and 14 later 8-Ks.
Doubt it can keep going
SeriousThe company or its auditor warned it may not have enough money to last the next year.
“These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.”
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The Company has incurred recurring operating losses and experienced negative operating cash flows. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company reported a net loss of $ 6,224,721 and net cash used in operating activities of $ 4,735,656 , or approximately $ 0.8 million per month. As of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the Company had negative working capital of approximately $ 3.1 million and $ 7.3 million, respectively. Management expects that the Company will require additional financing to fund operations, debt service, and planned expenditures over the next twelve months, and there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.
From the 10-Q filed 14 August 2026, Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements. Read it in the filing
Weak checks on its own accounts
SeriousThe company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at the end of its latest quarter. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.
“Management concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2026, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below.”
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Management concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2026, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below. Certain of these material weaknesses were previously identified and disclosed in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 and have not yet been fully remediated. In addition, during the quarter ended June 30, 2026, management identified an additional material weakness relating to controls over the authorization and issuance of the Company’s equity securities, as described below.
From the 10-Q filed 14 August 2026, Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing
Changed auditor
Worth knowingThe company changed its auditor (the firm that checks its books) in the last two years.
“On July 20, 2026, after review and recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the registrant (the “Company”), the Company appointed Rosenfield & Company, PLLC (“Rosenfield”) to replace Weinberg & Company, P.A. (“Weinberg & Company”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for and with respect to the year ending December 31, 2026.”
From an 8-K filed 24 July 2026: Change of auditor. Read it in the filing
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
Your first deep dive is free.
Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.