Analyzing Canon (OTCMKTS:CAJPY) & Innventure (NASDAQ:INV)

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

Innventure currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 631.64%. Given Innventure’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than Canon.

Risk and Volatility

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Innventure and Canon”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innventure	$3.75 million	15.41	-$293.32 million	($1.54)	-0.44
Canon	$29.46 billion	0.87	$2.22 billion	$2.54	11.48

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.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

Canon beats Innventure on 9 of the 13 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 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.