LUNA
Luna Innovations Incorporated
Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments · PNK
$1.16
Data: 2026-05-14
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$52M
Total market value of the company
4.84
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+5.3%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
-1.8%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
-1.2%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
N/A
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock
About Luna Innovations Incorporated

Luna Innovations Incorporated provides fiber optic test, measurement, and control products worldwide. The company offers test and measurement equipment for fiber optic components and sub-assemblies; polarization control products, including components, modules, and instruments to measure, manage, and control polarization and group delay in fiber optic networks; tunable lasers; and single frequency lasers. It also provides ODiSI sensing solution, which provides distributed strain and temperature measurements; distributed temperature sensing system; hyperion sensing products; Terahertz Sensing Systems that provide precise single and multi-layer thickness, density, basis weight, and caliper thickness measurements; and distributed acoustic sensing products. The company markets its products to telecommunications companies, defense agencies, government system integrators, researchers, original equipment manufacturers, distributors, testing labs, and strategic partners directly, as well as through manufacturer representative organizations, partner and distribution channels, technical sales engineers, value added resellers, and independent sales representatives. Luna Innovations Incorporated was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.

https://www.lunainc.com

Country: United States Employees: 337 Industry: Scientific & Technical Instruments
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
77.1% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
11.6% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$4.65
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
75.1%
Deep discount to fair value — significant undervaluation
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
64.3th
Ranks in the top 36% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
95.0
Quality Score
25.0
Combined
43.8

Trading at $2 against a fair value of $5, a 68% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 69% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

ACCUMULATION
Smart money appears to be building positions quietly
0.384
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
-0.2110
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.480
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-44.1%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-92.0%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
8
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.87
Significantly more volatile than the market
52W High
$1.75
34% below the year high
52W Low
$0.33
252% above the year low
Avg Volume
20,688
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
10.4
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
5.0%
Moderate short interest
0.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$-0.02
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.42
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
2.86
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
1.50
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
59.0%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
3.8%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$-14,091,750
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$117M
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$-1,122,000
Loss-making — spending exceeds revenue after all costs
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2025-01-02 SPIEGEL GARY J. Director 10,672
2025-01-02 ANDERSON NORMAN LEIGH Director 19,869
2024-12-20 COE PAMELA L. Director 13,372
2024-10-25 CHANLEY DAVID Director 447,759 $810,444
2024-10-16 PHELAN WILLIAM LAWRENCE Chief Financial Officer 150,000
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-14

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