Market Report
Looking Back—and Ahead—at the Laser Market
For laser and optics companies, revenues and net income continue to climb, but soft stock prices reflect widespread investor uncertainty.
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The COVID-19 pandemic challenged laser companies to maintain profits despite supply chain and workforce disruptions. The hope was that the challenges would be transitory, but ongoing lockdowns, energy shortages and geopolitical conflict continue to tangle supply chains, while inflation and slowing spending threaten laser sales. Here, we look at the state of laser companies from two perspectives.
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