Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM – Get Free Report) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Fathom has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Fathom and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fathom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Innventure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Fathom and Innventure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fathom | -4.83% | -49.25% | -25.17% |
| Innventure | -5,225.19% | -34.73% | -27.36% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Fathom and Innventure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fathom | $420.48 million | 0.04 | -$20.31 million | ($0.73) | -0.63 |
| Innventure | $2.06 million | 232.95 | -$293.32 million | ($2.82) | -2.02 |
Fathom has higher revenue and earnings than Innventure. Innventure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fathom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
55.5% of Fathom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Innventure shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Fathom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Innventure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fathom beats Innventure on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fathom
Fathom Holdings Inc. provides a real estate services platform that integrates residential brokerage, mortgage, title, and insurance services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Real Estate Brokerage, Mortgage, and Technology. The Real Estate Brokerage segment provides real estate brokerage services. The Mortgage segment offers residential loan origination and underwriting services. The Technology segment provides Software as a Service solutions and data mining for third party customers. It offers access to various properties for sale or lease through its FathomRealty.com website to buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants; insurance agency services; and title services. In addition, the company provides intelliAgent, a real estate technology platform that offers a suite of brokerage and agent level tools, technology, business processes, business intelligence and reporting, and training; transaction, personnel, customer relationship, and accounting management for agent transactions; and reporting, social media marketing, and other marketing and marketing repository services, as well as marketplace for add-on services and third-party technology. Its brands include Fathom Realty, Dagley Insurance, Encompass Lending, intelliAgent, LiveBy, Real Results, Verus Title, and Cornerstone. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.
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.
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