Contrasting Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) and PowerUp Acquisition (NASDAQ:PWUP)

PowerUp Acquisition (NASDAQ:PWUP) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares PowerUp Acquisition and Innventure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PowerUp Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Innventure	N/A	-10.36%	3.21%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for PowerUp Acquisition and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PowerUp Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Innventure	0	0	2	2	3.50

Innventure has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.88%. Given Innventure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Innventure is more favorable than PowerUp Acquisition.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PowerUp Acquisition and Innventure”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PowerUp Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Innventure	$988,000.00	388.16	$3.91 million	N/A	N/A

Innventure has higher revenue and earnings than PowerUp Acquisition.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.2% of PowerUp Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Innventure shares are held by institutional investors. 48.0% of PowerUp Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Innventure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

PowerUp Acquisition has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Innventure beats PowerUp Acquisition on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PowerUp Acquisition

PowerUp Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to focus on video gaming, gaming adjacent, and metaverse businesses. PowerUp Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York.

About Innventure

Innventure Inc. founds, funds and operates companies with a focus on transformative, sustainable technology solutions acquired or licensed from multinational corporations. Innventure Inc., formerly known as Learn CW Investment Corporation, is based in ORLANDO, Fla.