LAZR vs. HLLY, SMP, AXL, CPS, CVGI, GOEV, AEVA, INVZ, THRM, and PHIN
Should you be buying Luminar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luminar Technologies include Holley (HLLY), Standard Motor Products (SMP), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Canoo (GOEV), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Gentherm (THRM), and PHINIA (PHIN). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Holley (NYSE:HLLY) and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Luminar Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Holley. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Luminar Technologies and 1 mentions for Holley. Luminar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Holley's score of -0.08 indicating that Holley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Holley received 13 more outperform votes than Luminar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.67% of users gave Holley an outperform vote while only 37.80% of users gave Luminar Technologies an outperform vote.
Holley has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Holley has higher revenue and earnings than Luminar Technologies. Luminar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Holley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Holley has a net margin of 2.91% compared to Holley's net margin of -818.68%. Luminar Technologies' return on equity of 5.77% beat Holley's return on equity.
Holley presently has a consensus price target of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 86.30%. Luminar Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.09, suggesting a potential upside of 385.45%. Given Holley's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than Holley.
39.7% of Holley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Holley shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Holley beats Luminar Technologies on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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