LAZR vs. AXL, SMP, HLLY, CPS, THRM, PHIN, DAN, GTX, ADNT, and DORM
Should you be buying Luminar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luminar Technologies include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Holley (HLLY), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Gentherm (THRM), PHINIA (PHIN), Dana (DAN), Garrett Motion (GTX), Adient (ADNT), and Dorman Products (DORM). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) and American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 417 more outperform votes than Luminar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 38.55% of users gave Luminar Technologies an outperform vote.
31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 29.3% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Luminar Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $4.45, suggesting a potential upside of 158.72%. American Axle & Manufacturing has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.63%. Given Luminar Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than American Axle & Manufacturing.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a net margin of -0.13% compared to Luminar Technologies' net margin of -721.70%. American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity of 1.92% beat Luminar Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Luminar Technologies and Luminar Technologies both had 5 articles in the media. Luminar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.41 indicating that Luminar Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Axle & Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Luminar Technologies. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luminar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Axle & Manufacturing beats Luminar Technologies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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