Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) vs. One Stop Systems (NASDAQ:OSS) Critical Survey

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

Risk and Volatility

Innventure has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Stop Systems has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

56.0% of Innventure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of One Stop Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Innventure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of One Stop Systems shares are owned by company 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 Innventure and One Stop Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innventure	-3,022.42%	-21.34%	-17.20%
One Stop Systems	2.67%	2.22%	1.71%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Innventure and One Stop Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innventure	1	0	0	0	1.00
One Stop Systems	1	1	3	1	2.67

Innventure currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 468.12%. One Stop Systems has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.31%. Given Innventure’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than One Stop Systems.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Innventure and One Stop Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innventure	$2.06 million	36.15	-$293.32 million	($1.54)	-0.57
One Stop Systems	$32.22 million	7.31	$5.09 million	$0.05	189.00

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

Summary

One Stop Systems beats Innventure on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About One Stop Systems

One Stop Systems, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of high-performance compute, high speed storage hardware and software, switch fabrics, and systems for edge deployments in the United States and internationally. The company's systems are built using the central processing unit, graphical processing unit, high-speed switch fabrics, and flash storage technologies. It provides custom servers, data acquisition platforms, compute accelerators, solid-state storage arrays, and system I/O expansion systems, as well as edge optimized industrial and panel PCs, tablets, and handheld compute devices. The company also offers ruggedized mobile tablets and handhelds that meet the specialized requirement for devices deployed at the edge in a diverse set of environmental conditions. It sells its products to multinational companies, governmental agencies, military contractors, military services, and technology providers through its website, web store, direct sales team, and original equipment manufacturer focused sales, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Escondido, California.