Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU – Get Free Report) and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR – Get Free Report) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and Luminar Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Atmus Filtration Technologies | 10.84% | 134.28% | 17.61% |
Luminar Technologies | -502.92% | N/A | -109.76% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Atmus Filtration Technologies and Luminar Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Atmus Filtration Technologies | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Luminar Technologies | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.13 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and Luminar Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Atmus Filtration Technologies | $1.63 billion | 2.05 | $171.30 million | $2.15 | 18.73 |
Luminar Technologies | $69.78 million | 3.08 | -$571.27 million | ($13.34) | -0.48 |
Atmus Filtration Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Luminar Technologies. Luminar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmus Filtration Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Luminar Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Atmus Filtration Technologies has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atmus Filtration Technologies beats Luminar Technologies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Atmus Filtration Technologies
Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells filtration products under the Fleetguard brand name in North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally. The company offers fuel filters, lube filters, air filters, crankcase ventilation, hydraulic filters, coolants, and fuel additives, as well as other chemicals; and fuel water separators and other filtration systems to original equipment manufacturers, dealers/distributors, and end-users. Its products are used in on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway agriculture, construction, mining, and power generation vehicles and equipment. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
About Luminar Technologies
Luminar Technologies, Inc., an automotive technology company, provides sensor technologies and software for passenger cars and commercial trucks in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. It operates in two segments, Autonomy Solutions and Advanced Technologies and Services. The Autonomy Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and sells laser imaging, detection, and ranging sensors or lidars, as well as related perception and autonomy software solutions primarily for original equipment manufacturers in the automobile, commercial vehicle, robo-taxi, and adjacent industries. The Advanced Technologies and Services segment develops application-specific integrated circuits, pixel-based sensors, and advanced lasers. This segment also designs, tests, and provides consulting services for non-standard integrated circuits for use in automobile and aeronautics sector, as well as government spending in military and defense activities. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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