TDK (OTCMKTS:TTDKY – Get Free Report) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares TDK and Innventure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TDK | $16.64 billion | 2.39 | $1.30 billion | $0.68 | 30.04 |
| Innventure | $2.06 million | 57.32 | -$293.32 million | ($1.54) | -0.91 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
56.0% of Innventure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of TDK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Innventure shares are held by 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for TDK and Innventure, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| 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 $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 255.87%. Given Innventure’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Innventure is more favorable than TDK.
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 | -3,022.42% | -21.34% | -17.20% |
Volatility & Risk
TDK has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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