LAZR vs. DORM, LCII, ATMU, PATK, ADNT, GTX, PHIN, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying Luminar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luminar Technologies include Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Patrick Industries (PATK), Adient (ADNT), Garrett Motion (GTX), PHINIA (PHIN), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Luminar Technologies and Luminar Technologies both had 3 articles in the media. Luminar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Dorman Products' score of 1.00 indicating that Luminar Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by 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.
Dorman Products has higher revenue and earnings than Luminar Technologies. Luminar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 8.10% compared to Luminar Technologies' net margin of -721.70%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 14.61% beat Luminar Technologies' return on equity.
Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Luminar Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $4.45, suggesting a potential upside of 171.34%. Dorman Products has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.99%. Given Luminar Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than Dorman Products.
Dorman Products received 289 more outperform votes than Luminar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote while only 38.55% of users gave Luminar Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Dorman Products beats Luminar Technologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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