In the past week, LAZR stock has gone up by 65.35%, with a monthly gain of 19.12% and a quarterly surge of 34.68%. The volatility ratio for the week is 17.68%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 11.69% for Luminar Technologies Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 51.04% for LAZR’s stock, with a -34.66% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Luminar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: LAZR) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.81. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for LAZR is 25.80M, and at present, short sellers hold a 29.61% of that float. On March 24, 2025, the average trading volume of LAZR was 2.42M shares.
LAZR) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Luminar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: LAZR) has jumped by 32.96 compared to previous close of 6.28. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 65.35% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-23 that Luminar Technologies, Inc. has been one of the worst-performing stocks since late 2020, with shares plummeting nearly 99% from their peak. The company beat heavily reduced revenue estimates for Q4 2024, but is still losing a lot of money and burning through significant cash. The 2025 revenue forecast was well below street estimates, and management is planning on large amounts of stock sales.
Analysts’ Opinion of LAZR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LAZR stocks, with Deutsche Bank repeating the rating for LAZR by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for LAZR in the upcoming period, according to Deutsche Bank is $1 based on the research report published on September 10, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see LAZR reach a price target of $1.20, previously predicting the price at $3.50. The rating they have provided for LAZR stocks is “Underperform” according to the report published on April 10th, 2024.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Hold” to LAZR, setting the target price at $4 in the report published on January 17th of the previous year.
LAZR Trading at 40.78% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LAZR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -76.01% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 11.69%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 17.68%, as shares surge +35.66% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -5.54% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, LAZR rose by +65.35%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -64.99% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.53. In addition, Luminar Technologies Inc saw 55.20% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LAZR starting from Heng Jun Hong, who sale 72,842 shares at the price of $5.10 back on Dec 23 ’24. After this action, Heng Jun Hong now owns 0 shares of Luminar Technologies Inc, valued at $371,254 using the latest closing price.
Jun Hong Heng, the Director of Luminar Technologies Inc, proposed sale 72,842 shares at $5.29 during a trade that took place back on Dec 23 ’24, which means that Jun Hong Heng is holding shares at $385,334 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LAZR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -6.7 for the present operating margin
- -0.8 for the gross margin
The net margin for Luminar Technologies Inc stands at -5.03. The total capital return value is set at -1.59.
Based on Luminar Technologies Inc (LAZR), the company’s capital structure generated 1.79 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.46. The debt to equity ratio resting at -2.26. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -25.44.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -530.39 million with net debt to EBITDA at -1.46. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.96. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.31for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.19. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.01.
Conclusion
To sum up, Luminar Technologies Inc (LAZR) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
