Contrasting Inventergy Global (OTCMKTS:INVT) & Knowles (NYSE:KN)

Inventergy Global (OTCMKTS:INVT) and Knowles (NYSE:KN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Inventergy Global and Knowles, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inventergy Global	0	0	0	0	0.00
Knowles	0	2	2	0	2.50

Knowles has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.15%. Given Knowles’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knowles is more favorable than Inventergy Global.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.3% of Knowles shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of Inventergy Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Knowles shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Inventergy Global and Knowles”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inventergy Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Knowles	$573.50 million	3.36	-$237.80 million	$0.48	47.21

Inventergy Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Knowles.

Profitability

This table compares Inventergy Global and Knowles’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inventergy Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Knowles	7.27%	8.98%	6.15%

Summary

Knowles beats Inventergy Global on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inventergy Global

Inventergy Global, Inc., an intellectual property (IP) investment and licensing company, engages in identifying, acquiring, and licensing patented technologies of various technology and small companies. The company acquires portfolios in the telecommunications industry primarily in core network infrastructure and mobile broadband communications segments. Inventergy Global, Inc. is headquartered in Campbell, California.

About Knowles

Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) filtering products, balanced armature speakers, micro-acoustic microphones, and audio solutions in Asia, the United States, Europe, other Americas, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Precision Devices (PD); Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA); and Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM). The PD segment designs and delivers film, electrolytic, and mica capacitor products for use in power supplies and medical implants; electromagnetic interference filters; and RF filtering solutions for use in satellite communications and radar systems for defense applications. The MSA segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones for the hearing health, audio, and True Wireless Stereo (TWS) markets. The CMM segment designs and manufactures micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphones and audio solutions used in applications that serve the ear, mobile, TWS, Internet of Things, computing, and smartphones markets. The company serves the defense, medtech, electric vehicle, industrial, communications, and consumer electronics markets through original equipment manufacturers, their contract manufacturers, suppliers, sales representatives, and distributors. Knowles Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.