Head to Head Review: Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) & Canon (OTCMKTS:CAJPY)

Canon (OTCMKTS:CAJPY) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

56.0% of Innventure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Innventure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Canon has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canon	7.36%	9.41%	5.53%
Innventure	-3,022.42%	-21.34%	-17.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Canon and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canon	0	1	0	0	2.00
Innventure	1	0	0	0	1.00

Innventure has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 502.70%. Given Innventure’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than Canon.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Canon and Innventure”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canon	$29.46 billion	0.85	$2.22 billion	$2.54	11.26
Innventure	$3.75 million	18.71	-$293.32 million	($1.54)	-0.54

Canon has higher revenue and earnings than Innventure. Innventure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Canon beats Innventure on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Canon

Canon Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells office multifunction devices (MFDs), plain paper copying machines, laser and inkjet printers, cameras, diagnostic equipment, and lithography equipment. The company operates through four segments: Printing Business Unit, Imaging Business Unit, Medical Business Unit, and Industrial and Others Business Unit. The Printing Business Unit segment offers office MFDs, document solutions, laser multifunction printers, laser printers, inkjet printers, image scanners, calculators, digital continuous feed presses, digital sheet-fed presses, and large format printers. The Imaging Business Unit segment provides interchangeable-lens digital cameras, digital compact cameras, interchangeable lenses, compact photo printers, network cameras, video management and video content analytics software, digital camcorders, digital cinema cameras, broadcast equipment, and multimedia projectors. The Medical System Business Unit segment offers computed tomography systems, diagnostic ultrasound systems, diagnostic X-ray systems, magnetic resonance imaging systems, clinical chemistry analyzers, digital radiography systems, and ophthalmic equipment. The Industry and Others Business Unit segment provides semiconductor lithography equipment, flat panel display lithography equipment, vacuum thin-film deposition equipment, organic light-emitting diode display manufacturing equipment, die bonders, handy terminals, and document scanners. The company also provides maintenance services; and supplies replacement drums, parts, toners, and papers. It sells its products under the Canon brand through subsidiaries or independent distributors to dealers and retail outlets, as well as directly to end-users globally. Canon Inc. was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.