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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Innventure and PowerUp Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innventure	0	0	1	1	3.50
PowerUp Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Innventure currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 96.32%. Given Innventure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than PowerUp Acquisition.

Risk & Volatility

Innventure has a beta of -0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerUp Acquisition has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innventure	$988,000.00	408.72	$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.

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.