Pinewood Technologies Group (OTCMKTS:PINWF) and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) Head-To-Head Review

Pinewood Technologies Group (OTCMKTS:PINWF) and Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pinewood Technologies Group and Luminar Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinewood Technologies Group	$30.47 million	N/A	$101.63 million	N/A	N/A
Luminar Technologies	$75.39 million	1.43	-$273.14 million	($2.80)	-0.82

Pinewood Technologies Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Luminar Technologies.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Pinewood Technologies Group and Luminar Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinewood Technologies Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Luminar Technologies	1	4	0	0	1.80

Luminar Technologies has a consensus target price of $30.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1,221.74%. Given Luminar Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Luminar Technologies is more favorable than Pinewood Technologies Group.

Profitability

This table compares Pinewood Technologies Group and Luminar Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinewood Technologies Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Luminar Technologies	-160.33%	N/A	-91.91%

Risk & Volatility

Pinewood Technologies Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luminar Technologies has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.0% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Luminar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Luminar Technologies beats Pinewood Technologies Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pinewood Technologies Group

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells industrial wood pellets for industrial electrical power generation and home heating consumption in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company produces renewable fuel in the form of industrial wood pellets for electricity generation, which are used by utilities and large-scale power generators to produce renewable and baseload power. It also owns and operates the Westview port facility at Prince Rupert for the storage, handling, and loading of third party wood pellets. The company was formerly known as Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. in December 2018. Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

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.