Head to Head Contrast: KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) & Valuence Merger Corp. I (NASDAQ:VMCA)

KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and Valuence Merger Corp. I (NASDAQ:VMCA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares KONE Oyj and Valuence Merger Corp. I”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KONE Oyj	$12.01 billion	2.16	$1.03 billion	$0.99	28.95
Valuence Merger Corp. I	N/A	N/A	$4.77 million	$0.16	74.38

KONE Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Valuence Merger Corp. I. KONE Oyj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valuence Merger Corp. I, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

KONE Oyj has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valuence Merger Corp. I has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for KONE Oyj and Valuence Merger Corp. I, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KONE Oyj	1	0	0	0	1.00
Valuence Merger Corp. I	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares KONE Oyj and Valuence Merger Corp. I’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KONE Oyj	8.57%	38.04%	10.94%
Valuence Merger Corp. I	N/A	-12.23%	3.41%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.2% of Valuence Merger Corp. I shares are held by institutional investors. 47.0% of Valuence Merger Corp. I shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

KONE Oyj beats Valuence Merger Corp. I on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About KONE Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

About Valuence Merger Corp. I

Valuence Merger Corp. I does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities in developing breakthrough technology in life sciences and/or advancing a platform for sustainable technology in Asia. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Orinda, California.