LAZR vs. HLLY, NWTN, NIU, EMPD, INVZ, HYLN, MPAA, CHPT, STRT, and FFAI
Should you be buying Luminar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luminar Technologies include Holley (HLLY), NWTN (NWTN), Niu Technologies (NIU), Volcon (EMPD), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Hyliion (HYLN), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), ChargePoint (CHPT), Strattec Security (STRT), and Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFAI). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
Luminar Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) and Holley (NYSE:HLLY) 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 risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holley has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Holley shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Holley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Luminar Technologies and Luminar Technologies both had 8 articles in the media. Holley's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Luminar Technologies' score of 0.17 indicating that Holley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luminar Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 811.76%. Holley has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.75%. Given Luminar Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than Holley.
Holley has a net margin of -5.12% compared to Luminar Technologies' net margin of -160.33%. Holley's return on equity of 5.81% beat Luminar Technologies' return on equity.
Holley has higher revenue and earnings than Luminar Technologies. Holley 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
Holley beats Luminar Technologies on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LAZR) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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