Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ – Get Free Report) and Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NASDAQ:GT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary 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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Innoviz Technologies and Goodyear Tire & Rubber, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Innoviz Technologies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Innoviz Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 622.02%. Goodyear Tire & Rubber has a consensus target price of $8.06, suggesting a potential upside of 94.22%. Given Innoviz Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Innoviz Technologies is more favorable than Goodyear Tire & Rubber.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Innoviz Technologies and Goodyear Tire & Rubber”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Innoviz Technologies | $55.09 million | 1.08 | -$67.79 million | ($0.38) | -0.73 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber | $18.28 billion | 0.07 | -$1.72 billion | ($8.83) | -0.47 |
Innoviz Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Innoviz Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodyear Tire & Rubber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Innoviz Technologies and Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Innoviz Technologies | -153.10% | -118.08% | -61.27% |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber | -14.37% | -2.95% | -0.50% |
Risk & Volatility
Innoviz Technologies has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goodyear Tire & Rubber has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
63.3% of Innoviz Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Innoviz Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber 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
Goodyear Tire & Rubber beats Innoviz Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Innoviz Technologies
Innoviz Technologies Ltd. manufactures and sells automotive grade LiDAR sensors and perception software to enable safe autonomous driving at a mass scale. The company offers InnovizOne, a solid-state LiDAR sensor designed for automakers and robotaxis, shuttles, trucks, and delivery companies requiring an automotive-grade and mass-producible solution to achieve autonomy. It also provides InnovizTwo, an automotive-grade LiDAR sensor that offers a solution for all levels of autonomous driving, as well as an option to integrate the perception application in the LiDAR sensor; and perception application, a software application that raw point cloud data from Innoviz LiDAR products into perception outputs. The company operates in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. It markets and sells its products through a direct sales organization, as well as through distribution channels. The company is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.
About Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and Asia Pacific. The Americas segment is involved in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires and related products and services in North, Central, and South America. The Europe, Middle East, and Africa segment focuses on the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aircraft, motorcycles, earthmoving, mining, and industrial equipment throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Asia Pacific segment refers to the development, manufacture, distribution, and sales of tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aircraft, farm, earthmoving, mining, and industrial equipment throughout the Asia Pacific region. The company was founded by Frank A. Seiberling on August 29, 1898 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.
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