Lumentum Holdings Inc. Q3 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Q3 FY22 revenue was $395.4 million, down 11.5% sequentially and down 5.7% year-over-year. This decline was expected due to supply constraints and seasonality.
  • All financial metrics came in at the high end of guidance despite significant semiconductor shortages.
  • Demand across telecom, datacom, and lasers remains very strong and continues to accelerate faster than supply availability.
  • Q4 revenue is guided to a record level between $405 million and $430 million.

Key Growth Drivers and Market Trends

  • Strong long-term secular demand driven by cloud expansion, data generation growth, and multi‑year network upgrades requiring advanced photonics.
  • Expanding applications for high-performance lasers in 3D sensing, LiDAR, building automation, automotive ADAS, and extended reality.
  • Commercial laser demand strong across semiconductor, microelectronics, and industrial manufacturing.
  • Telecom customer demand significantly exceeds supply due to third‑party semiconductor constraints. The supply-demand gap widened from about $65 million in Q3 to over $100 million in Q4.

Segment Performance

Optical Communications (Telecom & Datacom)
  • Revenue: $344.2 million, down 13% sequentially due to material shortages and 3D sensing seasonality.

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Operator: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Lumentum Holdings Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Earnings Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. Please also note, today's event is being recorded for replay purposes. At this time, I'd like to hand the conference call over to Kathy Ta, Vice President of Investor Relations. Ms. Ta, please. Kathryn Ta: Thank you, operator. Welcome to Lumentum's fiscal third quarter 2022 earnings call. This is Kathy Ta, Lumentum's Vice President of Investor Relations. Joining me today are Alan Lowe, President and Chief Executive Officer; Wajid Ali, Chief Financial Officer; and Chris Coldren, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer. Today's call will include forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our expectations regarding the pending acquisition of NeoPhotonics, including market opportunity, expected synergies, financial and operating results and expectations regarding accretion, time to close, strategies of the combined company and benefits to customers in the markets in which we operate, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on our business and continuing uncertainty in this regard; trends and expectations for our products and technology; our markets; market opportunity and customers; and our expected financial performance, including our guidance as well as statements regarding our future revenues, our financial model and our margin targets. These statements are subject to risks

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