POET Technologies Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1972

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 90

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • PTK

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 4

  • Share Price
  • $3.79
  • (As of Thursday Closing)

POET Technologies General Information

Description

POET Technologies Inc is a design and development company offering high-speed optical engines, light source products, and custom optical modules to the artificial intelligence systems market and hyperscale data centers. Its integration solutions are based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel, patented platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single chip using wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques. POET's Optical Interposer platform also solves device integration challenges across a broad range of communication, computing, and sensing applications. The company operates geographically in the United States, Canada, Singapore and China.

Contact Information

Formerly Known As
OPEL Technologies, OPEL International, Tandem Resources, OPEL Solar International
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Corporation
Corporate Office
  • 120 Eglinton Avenue East
  • Suite 1107
  • Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E2
  • Canada
+1 (416)
Primary Industry
Application Specific Semiconductors
Other Industries
Connectivity Products
Stock Exchange
TSX
Corporate Office
  • 120 Eglinton Avenue East
  • Suite 1107
  • Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E2
  • Canada
+1 (416)

POET Technologies Timeline

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POET Technologies Stock Performance

As of 17-Apr-2025, POET Technologies’s stock price is $3.79. Its current market cap is $290M with 76.5M shares.

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$3.79 $3.72 $0.99 - $7.31 $290M 76.5M 136K -$0.94

POET Technologies Financials Summary

As of 31-Dec-2024, POET Technologies has a trailing 12-month revenue of $41.4K.

In Thousands,
USD
TTM 31-Dec-2024 FY 2024 31-Dec-2024 FY 2023 31-Dec-2023 FY 2022 31-Dec-2022
EV 412,812 412,812 36,088 104,248
Revenue 41 41 466 553
EBITDA (54,573) (54,573) (18,275) (19,694)
Net Income (56,696) (56,696) (20,267) (21,037)
Total Assets 69,652 69,652 8,777 15,390
Total Debt 7,242 7,242 542 309
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POET Technologies Valuation & Funding

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POET Technologies Comparisons

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POET Technologies Inc is a design and development company offering high-speed optical engines, light source products, an
Application Specific Semiconductors
Toronto, Canada
90 As of 2024

Ottawa, Canada
 

Chengdu, China
 
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POET Technologies Competitors (8)

One of POET Technologies’s 8 competitors is Ranovus, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Ottawa, Canada.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Ranovus Venture Capital-Backed Ottawa, Canada
Eoptolink Technology Corporation Chengdu, China
Akoustis Technologies Corporation Huntersville, NC
Kyma Technologies Venture Capital-Backed Raleigh, NC
Dream Photonics Accelerator/Incubator Backed Vancouver, Canada
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POET Technologies Patents

POET Technologies Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20240004147-A1 Reflector structure having three-dimensional curvature Pending 01-Jul-2022
US-20240004148-A1 Reflector structure having three-dimensional curvature Pending 01-Jul-2022
US-20230258884-A1 Self-aligned buried hetero structure laser structures and interposer Pending 15-Feb-2022
US-20230228953-A1 Self-aligned fanout waveguide structure on interposer with linear multicore optical fiber Pending 21-Nov-2021
US-20230176303-A1 Fiber block alignment structure Active 09-Oct-2021 G02B6/4243
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POET Technologies Signals

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POET Technologies Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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POET Technologies Investments & Acquisitions (4)

POET Technologies’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with Super Photonics Integrated Circuit. The deal was made on 31-Dec-2024.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Super Photonics Integrated Circuit 31-Dec-2024 Merger/Acquisition General Purpose Semiconductors
Super Photonics Integrated Circuit 12-Mar-2021 Joint Venture General Purpose Semiconductors
BB Photonics 22-Jun-2016 Merger/Acquisition Application Specific Semiconductors
DenseLight Semiconductors 11-May-2016 Merger/Acquisition Electrical Equipment
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POET Technologies ESG

Peers Analysis

Peer performance insights compare the company’s ESG performance to the performance of selected peers to help inform future ESG decisions and drive internal performance improvements.

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POET Technologies Exits (1)

POET Technologies’s most recent exit was on 11-May-2016 from DenseLight Semiconductors. The exit was categorized as .

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
DenseLight Semiconductors 11-May-2016 Completed
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POET Technologies Affiliates

Subsidiaries (1)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Super Photonics Integrated Circuit Xiamen, China 2021

POET Technologies FAQs

  • When was POET Technologies founded?

    POET Technologies was founded in 1972.

  • Where is POET Technologies headquartered?

    POET Technologies is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

  • What is the size of POET Technologies?

    POET Technologies has 90 total employees.

  • What industry is POET Technologies in?

    POET Technologies’s primary industry is Application Specific Semiconductors.

  • Is POET Technologies a private or public company?

    POET Technologies is a Public company.

  • What is POET Technologies’s stock symbol?

    The ticker symbol for POET Technologies is PTK.

  • What is the current stock price of POET Technologies?

    As of 17-Apr-2025 the stock price of POET Technologies is $3.79.

  • What is the current market cap of POET Technologies?

    The current market capitalization of POET Technologies is $290M.

  • What is POET Technologies’s current revenue?

    The trailing twelve month revenue for POET Technologies is $41.4K.

  • Who are POET Technologies’s competitors?

    Ranovus, Eoptolink Technology, Akoustis Technologies, Kyma Technologies, and Dream Photonics are some of the 8 competitors of POET Technologies.

  • What is POET Technologies’s annual earnings per share (EPS)?

    POET Technologies’s EPS for 12 months was -$0.94.

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