LAZR vs. NWTN, SHYF, CPS, CHPT, HYLN, NIU, HLLY, STRT, MPAA, and INVZ
Should you be buying Luminar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luminar Technologies include NWTN (NWTN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Cooper-Standard (CPS), ChargePoint (CHPT), Hyliion (HYLN), Niu Technologies (NIU), Holley (HLLY), Strattec Security (STRT), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), and Innoviz Technologies (INVZ). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
Luminar Technologies vs. Its Competitors
NWTN (NASDAQ:NWTN) and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Luminar Technologies has a consensus price target of $53.86, indicating a potential upside of 1,963.49%. Given Luminar Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than NWTN.
NWTN has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luminar Technologies has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NWTN has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Luminar Technologies' net margin of -305.46%.
In the previous week, NWTN and NWTN both had 6 articles in the media. NWTN's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Luminar Technologies' score of -0.25 indicating that NWTN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NWTN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Luminar Technologies.
0.2% of NWTN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.1% of NWTN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Luminar Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Luminar Technologies received 35 more outperform votes than NWTN when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Luminar Technologies beats NWTN on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAZR) was last updated on 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff