Contrasting Western Acquisition Ventures (NASDAQ:WAVS) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV)

Western Acquisition Ventures (NASDAQ:WAVS) and Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) are both small-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Western Acquisition Ventures and Innventure, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Acquisition Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00
Innventure	0	0	2	2	3.50

Innventure has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 353.07%. Given Innventure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Innventure is more favorable than Western Acquisition Ventures.

Volatility and Risk

Western Acquisition Ventures has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innventure has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Western Acquisition Ventures and Innventure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Acquisition Ventures	N/A	N/A	N/A
Innventure	N/A	-10.36%	3.21%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.6% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Innventure shares are held by institutional investors. 60.3% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Western Acquisition Ventures and Innventure”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Acquisition Ventures	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Innventure	$988,000.00	154.96	$3.91 million	N/A	N/A

Innventure has higher revenue and earnings than Western Acquisition Ventures.

Summary

Innventure beats Western Acquisition Ventures on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Western Acquisition Ventures

Western Acquisition Ventures Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. It intends to acquire businesses operating in the infrastructure and environmental services; health, wellness, and food sustainability; financial technology and financial services; enterprise software and software as a service (SaaS); and leisure and hospitality industries. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York.

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.