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Lumentum Holdings: insiders sell $43m of stock

Insiders at Lumentum Holdings (LITE) sold $43m of stock on August 25, 2026 across 2 filings, disclosed to the SEC on August 27, 2026. The largest was Retort Vincent, See Remarks, at $33m. All of it was made under a pre-arranged trading plan. The stock closed at $885.57 that day, up 6.7%.

That leaves the price near the top of its twelve-month band of $149.40 to $1053.09 — 81% of the way up it. The peak itself came 76 sessions ago on May 11, 2026, while the floor dates back to September 8, 2025, 251 sessions ago.

The stock is up 1.4% over five sessions, up 16.1% over a month, up 492.8% over the year. It closed above its thirty-day average price by 9.7%.

Intraday the stock covered 5.2%, in line with its 8.9% thirty-session norm, so the move arrived without unusual swings. The close held 96% of the way up the day's range into the bell.

Worth $61bn, the company sits 15 of 47 by size within communication. The sector as a whole finished +0.8%, leaning the same way.

Trading opened at $858.10, touched $887.36 at best and $841.10 at worst, and finished on $885.57 — 15.9% short of the $1053.09 annual peak, 492.8% clear of the $149.40 annual floor.

Turnover of $2.9bn compares with $4.4bn on an average session for this stock, so the move came on thinner trade than usual. Against the year, today ranks between the +23.6% best and the -14.2% worst day.

Recent form leans positive: 16 of the last thirty sessions closed up against 14 down. Its strongest single day in the past year was +23.6% on November 5, 2025, its weakest -14.2% on March 6, 2026.

The nearest names by size in the same sector went the same way: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +0.7% and Ciena (CIEN) +4.2%. On money traded LITE placed 21th of 986 that session.

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Source: the filing itself, at the SEC: 4 · 2026-08-27