Head to Head Comparison: Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) and TDK (OTCMKTS:TTDKY)

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

Volatility & Risk

TDK has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TDK	$16.64 billion	2.23	$1.30 billion	$0.68	28.01
Innventure	$2.06 million	137.07	-$293.32 million	($2.82)	-1.19

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TDK	7.87%	9.55%	4.65%
Innventure	-5,225.19%	-34.73%	-27.36%

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TDK	0	1	0	1	3.00
Innventure	1	0	0	0	1.00

Innventure has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 138.10%. Given Innventure’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Innventure is more favorable than TDK.

Summary

TDK beats Innventure on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TDK

TDK Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of electronic components in Japan, Europe, China, Asia, the Americas, and internationally. The company operates through Passive Components, Sensor Application Products, Magnetic Application Products, Energy Application Products, and Other segments. The Passive Components segment offers ceramic capacitors, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, film capacitors, high-frequency components, piezoelectric materials, and circuit protection components, as well as inductive devices, including ferrite cores, coils, and transformers. The Sensor Application Products segment provides temperature and pressure, magnetic, and MEMS sensors. The Magnetic Application Products segment offers hard disk drives (HDD) heads, HDD suspension assemblies, and magnets. The Energy Application Products segment provides energy devices comprising rechargeable batteries, and power supplies. The Other segment provides mechatronics production equipment and camera module micro actuators for smartphones and other products. The company also engages in engages in insurance and real estate agency businesses. The company was formerly known as Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. and changed its name to TDK Corporation in 1983. TDK Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.