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Luna Innovations (LUNA) Competitors

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$0.85 -0.01 (-1.16%)
As of 07/15/2025 02:56 PM Eastern

LUNA vs. PSQH, NOTE, QMMM, BAER, MHH, RSSS, DLHC, INUV, HGBL, and CIGL

Should you be buying Luna Innovations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luna Innovations include PSQ (PSQH), FiscalNote (NOTE), QMMM (QMMM), Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), Mastech Digital (MHH), Research Solutions (RSSS), DLH (DLHC), Inuvo (INUV), Heritage Global (HGBL), and Concorde International Group (CIGL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Luna Innovations vs. Its Competitors

Luna Innovations (NASDAQ:LUNA) and PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Luna Innovations has higher revenue and earnings than PSQ.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Luna Innovations$116.61M0.25$9.28MN/AN/A
PSQ$26.48M3.90-$57.69M-$1.53-1.57

Luna Innovations has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PSQ's net margin of -187.14%. Luna Innovations' return on equity of 0.00% beat PSQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Luna InnovationsN/A N/A N/A
PSQ -187.14%-259.58%-78.33%

87.5% of Luna Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of PSQ shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Luna Innovations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of PSQ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PSQ has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 149.38%. Given PSQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PSQ is more favorable than Luna Innovations.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Luna Innovations
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
PSQ
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Luna Innovations has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PSQ has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Luna Innovations had 4 more articles in the media than PSQ. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Luna Innovations and 2 mentions for PSQ. Luna Innovations' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat PSQ's score of 0.31 indicating that Luna Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Luna Innovations
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PSQ
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Luna Innovations beats PSQ on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LUNA vs. The Competition

MetricLuna InnovationsCommercial physical research IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$28.87M$19.63M$14.98B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.73%4.03%
P/E RatioN/AN/A28.0219.62
Price / Sales0.250.2541.5795.68
Price / Cash3.0357.2326.2657.93
Price / BookN/A0.276.335.59
Net Income$9.28M-$525K$195.98M$257.73M
7 Day Performance1.19%1.38%-0.82%-0.23%
1 Month Performance7.59%28.65%3.69%7.98%
1 Year Performance-72.18%20.33%21.34%13.16%

Luna Innovations Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUNA
Luna Innovations
0.3518 of 5 stars
$0.85
-1.2%
N/A-70.8%$28.87M$116.61M0.00390
PSQH
PSQ
2.4136 of 5 stars
$2.52
+8.9%
$6.00
+138.6%
-36.8%$107.92M$23.20M-1.6445News Coverage
NOTE
FiscalNote
3.4491 of 5 stars
$0.68
-2.3%
$2.63
+290.1%
-66.7%$106.80M$120.27M-2.05790
QMMM
QMMM
N/A$1.82
+5.2%
N/AN/A$104.12M$2.70M0.00N/APositive News
BAER
Bridger Aerospace Group
3.2502 of 5 stars
$1.84
+2.8%
$5.25
+185.3%
-45.6%$100.69M$108.75M-2.33166Positive News
MHH
Mastech Digital
3.3659 of 5 stars
$7.68
+2.7%
N/A-3.5%$90.36M$200.44M26.481,160Gap Up
RSSS
Research Solutions
1.3539 of 5 stars
$2.75
-6.5%
N/A+2.3%$89.27M$44.62M-19.64130
DLHC
DLH
3.2266 of 5 stars
$5.65
+0.2%
N/A-51.2%$81.30M$395.94M14.872,800
INUV
Inuvo
2.2734 of 5 stars
$5.39
+2.7%
$15.00
+178.3%
+78.8%$77.75M$93.48M-89.8380
HGBL
Heritage Global
2.7308 of 5 stars
$2.19
-2.7%
$4.00
+82.6%
-16.9%$77.64M$45.36M18.2560
CIGL
Concorde International Group
N/A$3.49
-17.1%
N/AN/A$77.27M$10.49M0.00134Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:LUNA) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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