PowerUp Acquisition (NASDAQ:PWUP) versus Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) Head to Head Comparison

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Innventure and PowerUp Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

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

Innventure has higher revenue and earnings than PowerUp Acquisition.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Summary

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

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.

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.