LUNA vs. MAQC, ARQQ, CNGL, SCOR, DRCT, BNAI, SSNT, BNR, MFH, and OCFT
Should you be buying Luna Innovations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luna Innovations include Maquia Capital Acquisition (MAQC), Arqit Quantum (ARQQ), Canna-Global Acquisition (CNGL), comScore (SCOR), Direct Digital (DRCT), Brand Engagement Network (BNAI), SilverSun Technologies (SSNT), Burning Rock Biotech (BNR), Mercurity Fintech (MFH), and OneConnect Financial Technology (OCFT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) and Luna Innovations (NASDAQ:LUNA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Maquia Capital Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Maquia Capital Acquisition's net margin of -1.82%. Maquia Capital Acquisition's return on equity of 3.61% beat Luna Innovations' return on equity.
12.4% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Luna Innovations shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.4% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Luna Innovations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Luna Innovations received 199 more outperform votes than Maquia Capital Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.
Luna Innovations has higher revenue and earnings than Maquia Capital Acquisition.
In the previous week, Luna Innovations had 20 more articles in the media than Maquia Capital Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Luna Innovations and 1 mentions for Maquia Capital Acquisition. Maquia Capital Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Luna Innovations' score of 0.00 indicating that Luna Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luna Innovations has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 250.26%. Given Maquia Capital Acquisition's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Luna Innovations is more favorable than Maquia Capital Acquisition.
Maquia Capital Acquisition has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luna Innovations has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Luna Innovations beats Maquia Capital Acquisition on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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