LUNR vs. LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, LPL, PI, SIMO, VIAV, NN, and KLIC
Should you be buying Intuitive Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Machines include Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NextNav (NN), and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Intuitive Machines vs. Its Competitors
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Intuitive Machines currently has a consensus target price of $16.06, indicating a potential upside of 50.76%. Lumentum has a consensus target price of $84.93, indicating a potential downside of 7.17%. Given Intuitive Machines' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Lumentum.
Intuitive Machines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lumentum has a net margin of -29.87% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -91.15%. Intuitive Machines' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lumentum's return on equity.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lumentum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lumentum had 7 more articles in the media than Intuitive Machines. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lumentum and 3 mentions for Intuitive Machines. Intuitive Machines' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Lumentum's score of 0.73 indicating that Intuitive Machines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Intuitive Machines beats Lumentum on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LUNR) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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