Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) versus Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) Head to Head Survey

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Seagate Technology and Innventure”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seagate Technology	$12.20 billion	16.01	$3.18 billion	$13.88	61.87
Innventure	$2.06 million	24.55	-$293.32 million	($1.54)	-0.39

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seagate Technology	26.11%	369.98%	37.58%
Innventure	-3,022.42%	-21.34%	-17.20%

Volatility & Risk

Seagate Technology has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Seagate Technology and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seagate Technology	0	4	22	1	2.89
Innventure	1	0	0	0	1.00

Seagate Technology currently has a consensus target price of $986.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Innventure has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 736.68%. Given Innventure’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than Seagate Technology.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.9% of Seagate Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Innventure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Seagate Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Innventure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Seagate Technology beats Innventure on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seagate Technology

Seagate Technology Holdings plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. It provides mass capacity storage products, including enterprise nearline hard disk drives (HDDs), enterprise nearline solid state drives (SSDs), enterprise nearline systems, video and image HDDs, and network-attached storage drives. The company also offers legacy applications comprising Mission Critical HDDs and SSDs; external storage solutions under the Seagate Ultra Touch, One Touch, and Expansion product lines, as well as under the LaCie brand name; desktop drives; notebook drives, DVR HDDs, and gaming SSDs. In addition, it provides Lyve edge-to-cloud mass capacity platform. The company sells its products primarily to OEMs, distributors, and retailers. Seagate Technology Holdings plc was founded in 1978 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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.