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Disclosure: The author holds a long position in POET.

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Analysis as of: 2025-12-27

POET Technologies Inc.

POET Technologies develops integrated photonics packaging and optical connectivity products for AI and data-center networking, using its Optical Interposer platform and outsourced high-volume manufacturing.

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Summary

Cash-rich optics platform enters the volume-proof phase

The upside case depends on converting early AI connectivity programs into repeatable high-volume shipments and credible unit economics. The balance sheet provides time, but not forgiveness for execution misses.

Analysis

Thesis

POET’s non-linear upside is a “scale-or-stall” bet: if it converts 800G→1.6T program momentum into repeatable high-yield volume using its Malaysia footprint and deploys its now-large cash position into supply/security-of-supply and selective tuck-ins, it can graduate from prototype economics to a credible AI-optics merchant platform by 2030.

Last Economy Alignment

AI clusters turn bandwidth/latency/power into the bottleneck; optics is a picks-and-shovels layer for compute scaling, and POET’s integration platform targets cost/power reductions that buyers reward at scale.

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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied Multiple (to 2030)

4.1x (from 5 most recent analyses)

Reasoning

The market is paying for “proof of repeatable volume,” not prototypes. POET’s upside comes from (1) dense AI networking upgrades pulling forward 800G/1.6T adoption, (2) a platform approach that can be reused across multiple customers/SKUs, and (3) balance-sheet capacity to fund qualification, supply hedges, and customer-funded production structures without constant emergency raises. The multiple in 2030 is still a hardware multiple—earned by reliability, throughput, and predictable delivery.

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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary

The core risk is commercialization: turning early orders and demos into repeatable, high-volume, field-reliable shipments before customers re-source. Second-order risks are customer/supplier concentration, pricing compression as 800G commoditizes, and the chance that the company’s cash advantage gets consumed by ramp costs or acquisitions without translating into durable gross margin and design-win velocity.

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Trends

Key Changes

No new company press releases or filings surfaced in the last 7–10 days; the latest fundamentals remain the mid-November quarterly update.
Investor attention remains on post-financing share count, cash deployment discipline, and evidence that initial orders convert into repeat purchase cadence.
Optics sentiment stays tied to AI networking upgrade pace; near-term stock moves are more flow/sentiment-driven than fundamentals.

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Third Party Analyst Consensus

12-Month Price Target

$7.80

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