Luminar Technologies (LAZR) Competitors

Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate LAZR or ADNT?

Luminar Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $3.34, indicating a potential upside of 240.56%. Adient has a consensus target price of $25.13, indicating a potential upside of 26.32%. Given Luminar Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than Adient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luminar Technologies	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Adient	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LAZR or ADNT?

Adient received 549 more outperform votes than Luminar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.35% of users gave Adient an outperform vote while only 38.04% of users gave Luminar Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Luminar Technologies	Outperform Votes 35 38.04%	Underperform Votes 57 61.96%
Adient	Outperform Votes 584 59.35%	Underperform Votes 400 40.65%

Which has more volatility & risk, LAZR or ADNT?

Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LAZR or ADNT?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Luminar Technologies. Luminar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luminar Technologies	$69.78M	6.93	-$571.27M	-$0.89	-1.10
Adient	$14.69B	0.12	$18M	$0.23	86.48

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LAZR or ADNT?

31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Adient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor LAZR or ADNT?

In the previous week, Luminar Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than Adient. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Luminar Technologies and 10 mentions for Adient. Adient's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Luminar Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that Adient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luminar Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Adient	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LAZR or ADNT more profitable?

Adient has a net margin of 0.12% compared to Luminar Technologies' net margin of -502.92%. Adient's return on equity of 6.86% beat Luminar Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luminar Technologies	-502.92%	N/A	-106.70%
Adient	0.12%	6.86%	1.79%

Summary

Adient beats Luminar Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.