Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NASDAQ:GT – Get Free Report) and Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ – 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 risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Goodyear Tire & Rubber and Innoviz Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Innoviz Technologies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber presently has a consensus price target of $8.06, indicating a potential upside of 82.35%. Innoviz Technologies has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 610.98%. Given Innoviz Technologies’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Innoviz Technologies is more favorable than Goodyear Tire & Rubber.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber | $18.28 billion | 0.07 | -$1.72 billion | ($8.83) | -0.50 |
| Innoviz Technologies | $55.09 million | 1.10 | -$67.79 million | ($0.38) | -0.74 |
Innoviz Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Risk and Volatility
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innoviz Technologies has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
84.2% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Innoviz Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Innoviz Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Goodyear Tire & Rubber and Innoviz Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber | -14.37% | -2.95% | -0.50% |
| Innoviz Technologies | -153.10% | -118.08% | -61.27% |
Summary
Goodyear Tire & Rubber beats Innoviz Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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