Head to Head Contrast: Innovative Eyewear (NASDAQ:LUCY) and Luxottica Group (OTCMKTS:LUXTY)

Innovative Eyewear (NASDAQ:LUCY) and Luxottica Group (OTCMKTS:LUXTY) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.9% of Innovative Eyewear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Luxottica Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Innovative Eyewear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.0% of Luxottica Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Innovative Eyewear and Luxottica Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovative Eyewear	$660,000.00	14.88	-$5.68 million	N/A	N/A
Luxottica Group	$10.34 billion	2.62	$1.17 billion	$2.29	24.37

Luxottica Group has higher revenue and earnings than Innovative Eyewear.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Innovative Eyewear and Luxottica Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innovative Eyewear	0	0	1	0	3.00
Luxottica Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Innovative Eyewear currently has a consensus price target of $1.75, suggesting a potential upside of 130.26%. Given Innovative Eyewear’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Innovative Eyewear is more favorable than Luxottica Group.

Profitability

This table compares Innovative Eyewear and Luxottica Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innovative Eyewear	N/A	-103.93%	-93.89%
Luxottica Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Luxottica Group beats Innovative Eyewear on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Innovative Eyewear

Innovative Eyewear, Inc. develops and sells smart eyeglasses and sunglasses. The company's flagship product is Lucyd Lyte glasses that enable the wearer to listen to music, take and make calls, and use voice assistants to perform various smartphone tasks hands-free. It also offers Vyrb, a social media application that enables the user to receive and send posts through Lucyd Lyte smart glasses with voice. In addition, the company launches an application, Lucyd app for iOS/Android users. It sells its products through various e-commerce, and retail store and distribution channels. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. has a license agreement with Lucyd Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in North Miami, Florida. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. is a subsidiary of Lucyd Ltd.

About Luxottica Group

Luxottica Group S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides fashion, luxury, sports, and performance eyewear worldwide. It operates through two segments, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution, and Retail Distribution. The Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution segment engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and marketing of proprietary and designer lines of prescription frames and sunglasses. This segment offers its products under proprietary brands, such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Alain Mikli, Arnette, and Vogue Eyewear; and licensed brands, including Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Armani Exchange, Brooks Brothers, Burberry, Bulgari, Chanel, Coach, Dolce&Gabbana, DKNY, Michael Kors, Paul Smith Spectacles, Prada, Miu Miu, Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren, Ralph, Starck Eyes, Tiffany & Co, Tory Burch, Valentino, Versace, and Ferrari. The Retail Distribution segment operates prescription eyewear stores primarily under its retail brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, OPSM, Laubman & Pank, GMO, David Clulow, Salmoiraghi & Viganò, Ray-Ban, Oakley and Vault, Oliver Peoples, Alain Mikli, Ilori Optical, and Optical Shop of Aspen; and licensed brands, such as Sears Optical and Target Optical. As of December 31, 2017, it operated approximately 9,000 stores. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. As of October 1, 2018, Luxottica Group S.p.A. operates as a subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica.