Reviewing Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) and Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL)

Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boxlight	$109.25 million	0.02	-$23.81 million	($80.86)	-0.04
Innventure	$2.06 million	13.81	-$293.32 million	($1.54)	-0.21

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.5% of Boxlight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Innventure shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Boxlight shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Innventure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boxlight	-20.96%	N/A	-23.50%
Innventure	-3,022.42%	-21.34%	-17.20%

Volatility & Risk

Boxlight has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Boxlight and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Innventure has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,424.86%. Given Innventure’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than Boxlight.

Summary

Boxlight beats Innventure on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Boxlight

Boxlight Corporation designs, produces, and distributes interactive technology solutions for the education, health, corporate, military, and government sectors in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company provides interactive and non-interactive flat panel displays and whiteboards, LED video walls, digital signages, classroom audio and campus communication, cameras and other peripherals, and media players; and accessory document cameras, teacher pads for remote control, assessment systems, and front-of-class display products under the Mimio and Clevertouch brands. It also offers MimioStudio Interactive Instructional software that enables the creation, editing, and presentation of interactive instructional lessons and activities; MimioMobile, a software accessory for MimioStudio; Oktopus Instructional and Whiteboarding software, which enables the creation, editing, and presentation of interactive instructional lessons and activities; Notes+, a software accessory; GameZones, a multi-student interactive gaming software; MimioConnect, an online student engagement platform; and LYNX, a lesson building app. In addition, the company provides Juno, a towering standard of sound quality that reinforces a teacher's voice; Mimio MyBot system for robotics learning; Robo3D printers; MyStemKits, which offers lesson plans for grades K-12 math and science teachers; MimioView document camera; EzRoom, an integrated AV solution; Lyrik, an amplification solution; and Conductor School Communication System, an IP-based campus-wide communication and control solution; and accessories, such as mobile carts, installation accessories, and wall-mount accessories for interactive LED flat-panels and audio solutions. Further, it offers classroom training, professional development, and educator certification services. The company was formerly known as Logical Choice Corporation. Boxlight Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.

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.