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How to buy Luminar Technologies stock
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Automotive AI company Luminar went public this week via a SPAC offering with Gores Metropoulos. Here's what we know and how investors can buy in.
How to buy shares in Luminar Technologies
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Luminar Technologies. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: LAZR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Luminar Technologies reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Luminar Technologies, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Luminar Technologies. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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Luminar Technologies share price
Use our graph to track the performance of LAZR stocks over time.Luminar Technologies shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-08.
| 52-week range | USD$9.95 - USD$47.8 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$26.9199 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$23.0924 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$34.5 |
| PE ratio | N/A |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | N/A |
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Luminar Technologies financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$17.3 million |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | USD$-4,053,000 |
| Return on assets TTM | 0% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | 0% |
| Book value | N/A |
| Market capitalisation | USD$7.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Luminar Technologies shares
There are currently 8.9 million Luminar Technologies shares held short by investors – that's known as Luminar Technologies's "short interest". This figure is 22.8% up from 7.2 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Luminar Technologies shares can be evaluated.
Luminar Technologies's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Luminar Technologies's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Luminar Technologies shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Luminar Technologies shares traded daily (recently around 5.4 million). Luminar Technologies's SIR currently stands at 1.64. In other words for every 100,000 Luminar Technologies shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1640 shares are currently held short.
To gain some more context, you can compare Luminar Technologies's short interest ratio against those of similar companies.
- Aptiv (APTV.US): 2.39
- Velodyne Lidar (VLDR.US): 2.34
- Autoliv (ALV.US): 3.78
However Luminar Technologies's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Luminar Technologies shares, or, against the total number of tradable Luminar Technologies shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Luminar Technologies's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Luminar Technologies shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Luminar Technologies shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Luminar Technologies.
Find out more about how you can short Luminar Technologies stock.
Luminar Technologies share dividends
We're not expecting Luminar Technologies to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
You may also wish to consider:
- Aptiv (APTV.US) (0.16% forward annual dividend yield)
- Autoliv (ALV.US) (0.66% forward annual dividend yield)
Luminar Technologies overview
Luminar Technologies, Inc. operates as a vehicle sensor and software company for passenger vehicles and trucks. The company operates in two segments, Autonomy Solutions and Other Component Sales. The Autonomy Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and sells lidar sensors, and related perception and autonomy software solutions for original equipment manufacturers in the automobile, commercial vehicle, robo-taxi, and other related industries. The Other Component Sales segment engages in the designing, testing, and consulting of non-standard integrated circuits for government agencies and defense contractors. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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