NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) Head to Head Contrast

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NextNav and Innventure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextNav	$4.57 million	542.77	-$189.25 million	($1.21)	-15.02
Innventure	$2.06 million	270.48	-$293.32 million	($2.82)	-2.35

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextNav	-3,921.17%	N/A	-34.03%
Innventure	-5,225.19%	-34.73%	-27.36%

Volatility and Risk

NextNav has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for NextNav and Innventure, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextNav	1	1	2	0	2.25
Innventure	1	0	0	0	1.00

NextNav presently has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 106.27%. Innventure has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.66%. Given NextNav’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextNav is more favorable than Innventure.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of NextNav shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Innventure shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of NextNav shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Innventure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NextNav beats Innventure on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextNav

NextNav Inc. provides next generation positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solutions in the United States. It offers Pinnacle, a dedicated vertical positioning network to cover entire metropolitan areas including devices equipped with a barometric pressure sensor with the highest quality wide-area altitude service. The company also provides TerraPoiNT, an 3D PNT system, provides positioning, navigation and timing services provided by GPS through a land-based GPS satellite constellation. It serves Wi-Fi, telecom, public safety, gaming and location apps, and critical infrastructure applications. NextNav Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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.