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Rating:40Underperform
Price Target:
$1.50
▼(-48.10% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/20/26
INV scores low primarily due to extremely weak financial performance—especially substantial ongoing cash burn and very large losses—alongside bearish technical conditions (price far below major moving averages and negative MACD). The latest earnings call adds risk through suspended guidance and delayed cash-flow breakeven timing despite credible technical progress, while valuation provides limited support given negative earnings and no dividend.
Positive Factors
Validated Cooling Advantage
Third-party validation supports Accelsius’ technical differentiation in liquid cooling. Better thermal performance and lower coolant requirements could improve data-center efficiency and strengthen adoption prospects as AI infrastructure demand expands.
Negative Factors
Severe Cash Burn
The magnitude of cash outflows indicates that current operations are not self-funding and that reported losses translate into real liquidity consumption. Continued burn could constrain investment, require external financing and reduce strategic flexibility.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Validated Cooling Advantage
Third-party validation supports Accelsius’ technical differentiation in liquid cooling. Better thermal performance and lower coolant requirements could improve data-center efficiency and strengthen adoption prospects as AI infrastructure demand expands.
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Innventure (INV) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$115.92M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.81M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.67
Revenue Growth95.42%
EPS Growth73.91%
CountryUS
Employees169
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryAsset Management
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-1.77
Shares Outstanding84,612,656
10 Day Avg. Volume2,174,681
30 Day Avg. Volume1,810,620
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio>-0.01
Price to Book (P/B)1.11
Price to Sales (P/S)110.64
P/FCF Ratio-2.77
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit>-0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda>-0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$5.50Price Target Upside90.31% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering2
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.8
Revenue Forecast (FY)$32.67M
Innventure Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Innventure, Inc. identifies, funds, and operates companies with a focus on sustainable technology solutions acquired or licensed from multinational corporations. Innventure, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida....
How the Company Makes Money
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Innventure Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 13, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 12, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call conveyed important technical and strategic progress — notably an independent third-party validation showing meaningful thermal and efficiency advantages, growing AeroFlexx pipeline, and focused commercial milestones — but these positives were offset by material near-term financial and market-adoption challenges: revenue lumpiness, widening losses, a notable canceled site for a key order (DarkNX), suspension of revenue guidance and removal of the 2028 consolidated positive cash flow target. Management is shifting to milestone-based reporting, tightening capital discipline, and pursuing large-customer engagement (hyperscalers, chip makers, OEMs) as the path to scaled adoption. Overall, the call balanced demonstrable long-term opportunity against significant short-term execution and timing risks.Positive Updates
Independent Third-Party Technical Validation
In July an independent integrator benchmarked a Dell PowerEdge XE9680L with eight-way NVIDIA B200 GPUs retrofitted with Accelsius cold plates. Results: GPUs ran 9–14°C cooler at the system level, used ~1/3 of the coolant flow at the chip, and provided ~9°C headroom versus single-phase at 50°C facility water. Accelsius claims this enables equivalent single-phase performance at ~54°C facility water (vs ~45°C), and Jacobs reference analysis suggests ~5% more GPUs within the same power envelope.
Negative Updates
Revenue Lumpy and Sequential Decline
Consolidated revenue fell sequentially from $1.4M in Q1 to $1.0M in Q2 (≈-28.6% quarter-over-quarter) despite a year-over-year increase from $0.5M (≈+100% Y/Y), highlighting volatile, low current revenue base and lumpiness tied to adoption cadence.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Independent Third-Party Technical Validation
In July an independent integrator benchmarked a Dell PowerEdge XE9680L with eight-way NVIDIA B200 GPUs retrofitted with Accelsius cold plates. Results: GPUs ran 9–14°C cooler at the system level, used ~1/3 of the coolant flow at the chip, and provided ~9°C headroom versus single-phase at 50°C facility water. Accelsius claims this enables equivalent single-phase performance at ~54°C facility water (vs ~45°C), and Jacobs reference analysis suggests ~5% more GPUs within the same power envelope.
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Company Guidance
The company suspended forward revenue targets for Accelsius (previously expecting to exit the year near cash‑flow breakeven at an annualized revenue run rate of ~ $100M) and will instead report progress against four leading milestones — chip‑maker reference designs, server OEM/ODM co‑development, an executed hyperscaler statement of work, and continued third‑party thermal benchmarks — after de‑booking the DarkNX order from the 2026 forecast; Innventure no longer expects consolidated positive cash flow in 2028 and says Accelsius’ breakeven timing now extends beyond this year. Q2 FY2026 consolidated revenue was $1.0M (Accelsius $0.9M, ~96% of total), down from $1.4M in Q1 and up from $0.5M a year ago; net loss was $34.9M (adjusted EBITDA loss $22.6M versus $18.4M in Q1), G&A was $14.5M (down 22% YoY), cash and restricted cash totaled $46.5M (vs. $60.4M at Q1 end, which included $5M restricted), year‑to‑date cash used in operations was $59.5M and financing generated $41.6M, and the company raised ~ $13M via SEP draws at an average price of $6.21 while repaying convertible debentures. Management reiterated conviction in the two‑phase opportunity (liquid‑cooling market > $30B by 2030, two‑phase ~$9B), highlighted a third‑party benchmark showing GPUs 9–14°C cooler using ~1/3 the coolant flow (9°C headroom vs. an 84°C throttle on an eight‑way B200 at 50°C facility water) that can enable ~5% more GPUs per Jacobs reference design, and said capital will be raised opportunistically with AeroFlexx and Refinity funded increasingly at the operating‑company level to limit parent dilution.Innventure Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
9
Very Negative
Balance Sheet
44
Neutral
Cash Flow
12
Very Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Mar 2025 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 3.75M | 2.06M | 1.22M | 1.12M | 942.00K | 1.85M |
| Gross Profit | -22.36M | -39.28M | -3.31M | 1.12M | 942.00K | 1.85M |
| EBITDA | -127.85M | -456.65M | -93.11M | -29.75M | -31.89M | 8.03M |
| Net Income | -113.31M | -293.32M | -78.19M | -30.84M | -32.76M | 6.66M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 574.70M | 599.19M | 905.29M | 21.56M | 27.98M | 233.81M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 41.54M | 60.45M | 11.12M | 2.58M | 7.54M | 237.36K |
| Total Debt | 5.91M | 33.39M | 28.28M | 7.41M | 5.90M | 0.00 |
| Total Liabilities | 91.88M | 115.51M | 139.00M | 40.05M | 39.17M | 19.79M |
| Stockholders Equity | 212.69M | 204.21M | 425.52M | -20.05M | -11.85M | 214.03M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -103.88M | -82.10M | -49.06M | -20.12M | -9.95M | -3.90M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -103.39M | -80.68M | -48.06M | -19.48M | -9.95M | -3.90M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -1.56M | -4.13M | 865.00K | -4.67M | 1.48M | 564.00K |
| Financing Cash Flow | 139.53M | 139.14M | 71.91M | 19.17M | 11.67M | 6.08M |
Innventure Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% | |
64 Neutral | $250.34M | 8.56 | 8.05% | 21.11% | 0.37% | -28.29% | |
64 Neutral | $216.58M | 5.37 | 10.97% | 20.94% | 12.61% | -3.62% | |
59 Neutral | $357.30M | 5.22 | 16.34% | 5.27% | 8.04% | 10.59% | |
57 Neutral | $318.16M | -10.48 | 9.94% | 16.93% | -14.85% | -275.66% | |
40 Underperform | $115.92M | -0.72 | -54.53% | ― | 95.42% | 73.91% |
* Financial Sector Average
INV
Innventure
1.53
-2.86
-65.15%
NEWT
Newtek Business
12.45
0.91
7.92%
SCM
Stellus Capital
8.66
-4.08
-32.05%
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth
5.34
-0.16
-2.93%
PSBD
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.
10.34
-1.74
-14.40%
Innventure Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesFinancial DisclosuresPrivate Placements and Financing
Innventure Board Details Cost Cuts and Strategic Funding Plans
Positive
Aug 19, 2026
On August 19, 2026, Innventure’s Board of Directors issued a letter to shareholders outlining a series of corporate actions intended to address concerns raised after second-quarter 2026 results and to curb parent-level spending. The measures...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Innventure Announces CEO Succession and Leadership Transition
Positive
Jun 30, 2026
On June 30, 2026, Innventure announced a leadership transition, naming Dr. Bill Grieco as Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2026, following the planned retirement of current CEO Bill Haskell. Haskell, who has led the company for six yea...
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Innventure Stockholders Elect Directors and Ratify Auditor
Neutral
Jun 19, 2026
On June 17, 2026, Innventure held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, with holders of common stock and Series B and Series C preferred shares representing 53,906,796 aggregate votes present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. Shareholder...
Executive/Board ChangesDelistings and Listing ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Innventure Quickly Restores Nasdaq Audit Committee Compliance
Positive
May 20, 2026
Innventure, Inc. disclosed that after director Daniel Hennessy resigned from its board and audit committee effective April 29, 2026, the company fell out of compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A), which mandates at least three independe...
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