POET Technologies Inc.
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Daily timeframePOET Technologies Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products and services for commercial applications in the United States, Canada, the. Valued at $1.84B, POET is a small-cap name in its sector. The company offers photonic integrated packaging solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer, a platform that allows the integration of electronic and photonic devices onto a single chip using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques.
Market Cap
$1.84B
Beta
0.73
P/E (TTM)
—
P/E (Fwd)
-62.71
EPS (TTM)
$-0.83
EPS (Fwd)
$-0.17
ROE
-33.9%
ROA
-12.0%
Cash
$429.1M
Total Debt
$7.0M
Free CF
-$42.4M
52W Change
95.6%
Annual Financials
Cash vs Debt
With $429.1M in cash and $7.0M in debt, POET maintains more liquidity than leverage. This favorable balance sheet position can be an asset when capital markets become less accommodating. The company is burning cash, with free cash flow at -$42.4M. This typically occurs when a company is investing aggressively in growth, but sustained cash burn can strain the balance sheet. Return on equity stands at -33.9%, which is negative for the sector. ROE measures how effectively a company uses shareholder capital to generate profits. Revenue has been uneven over recent years, ranging from $553K to $1.1M.
The strong cash position relative to debt provides a financial cushion that reduces balance sheet risk. The company is burning cash at the operating level, which is not unusual for growth-phase companies but adds risk if it persists. Understanding these risk dimensions helps frame what to watch going forward as conditions evolve for POET Technologies Inc. and its sector.