Southport Acquisition (PORT) Competitors

Innventure (NASDAQ:INV) and Southport Acquisition (NYSE:PORT) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Is INV or PORT more profitable?

Southport Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Innventure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innventure	N/A	-21.70%	-15.11%
Southport Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, INV or PORT?

Innventure has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southport Acquisition has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of INV or PORT?

56.0% of Innventure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of Southport Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Innventure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.5% of Southport Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer INV or PORT?

Innventure currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 180.00%. Given Innventure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Innventure is more favorable than Southport Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innventure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Southport Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, INV or PORT?

Southport Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Innventure.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innventure	$1.22M	219.21	-$78.19M	N/A	N/A
Southport Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer INV or PORT?

In the previous week, Innventure had 1 more articles in the media than Southport Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Innventure and 0 mentions for Southport Acquisition. Innventure's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Southport Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Innventure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Innventure	Very Positive
Southport Acquisition	Neutral

Summary

Innventure beats Southport Acquisition on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.