Bloomberg reported late on October 28, 2026 that Marvell Technology (MRVL) is near a deal to buy Lumentum Holdings (LITE), but nothing has been signed or announced and no price or structure has been disclosed. In premarket trading on October 29, MRVL fell about 11% to $222.81 while LITE rose about 5% to $961.90. Lumentum makes lasers and optical modules that carry data as light, a role that grows as copper hits limits on reach and bandwidth in larger AI systems, and its quarterly revenue reached $1.01 billion, up 109.3%. Bernstein analysts said a deal of this size would likely need more financing and could be hard to integrate, while Marvell had about $3.92 billion in cash. The author says that if no signed agreement or 8-K appears by November 13, 2026, Lumentum's gain would look thin.
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