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Luminar Technologies Inc. · Q4 2021 earnings
Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Luminar's Q4 2021 financials were released, showing significant revenue growth and progress towards key milestones.
Luminar Technologies reported a strong Q4 2021 with revenue up 408% year-over-year, achieving all key milestones for the year and ending with a solid cash position. The company is preparing for series production launch at the end of 2022 and anticipates continued growth in revenue and order book.
- Q4 revenue was $12.3 million, a 408% increase year-over-year and a 55% increase compared to the prior quarter.
- GAAP net loss for Q4 was $73.9 million, or $(0.21) per share.
- Non-GAAP net loss for Q4 was $42.6 million, or $(0.12) per share.
- The company ended 2021 with $792.1 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Luminar · Revenue · Quarterly
$12.3M
Forward guidance
Luminar expects revenue of $40+ million for 2022 and anticipates net cash spend to be moderately higher than 2021 levels. The company is also targeting key business milestones, including achieving series production readiness for Iris lidar and core software, beta release of Sentinel, growing commercial success with existing programs, and achieving forward-looking order book growth of at least 40% year-over-year.
Tailwinds
- Achieve series production readiness for Iris lidar and core software.
- Achieve the beta release of Sentinel, advancing Proactive Safety™ and Highway Autonomy capabilities.
- Grow commercial success with existing major commercial program wins.
- Target to achieve 40% additional major commercial wins.
- Achieve forward-looking order book growth of at least 40% YoY in 2022.
Headwinds
- Net cash spend moderately higher than 2021 levels.
- Risks related to achieving series production readiness.
- Challenges in growing commercial success with existing programs.
- Potential difficulties in achieving the beta release of Sentinel.
- Uncertainties in achieving forward-looking order book growth.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
-2.1%
Avg return
Earnings day
-15.7%
Avg return
5 days after
-10.0%
Avg return
30 days after
33%
9 / 27 earnings
Positive
+33.0%
Q4 2024
Best reaction
-34.3%
Q2 2024
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | -5.7% | -15.7% | -10.0% | |
| Q2 2025 | -16.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2025 | -17.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2024 | +33.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2024 | +28.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2024 | -34.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2024 | -2.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2023 | +6.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2023 | -12.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2023 | -7.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2023 | -7.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2022 | +2.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2022 | -9.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2022 | +13.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2022 | -9.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2021 | +8.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2021 | +3.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2021 | -6.6% | — | — | |
| Q1 2021 | +6.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2020 | -9.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2020 | -9.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2019 | -9.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2020 | -0.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2020 | +0.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2019 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2019 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2019 | +0.0% | — | — |
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