Head-To-Head Review: ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition (NYSE:SUAC) versus KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY)

KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition (NYSE:SUAC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

KONE Oyj has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares KONE Oyj and ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KONE Oyj	8.62%	39.10%	11.06%
ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition	N/A	-41.94%	2.90%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.1% of ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.0% of ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for KONE Oyj and ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KONE Oyj	1	2	1	0	2.00
ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares KONE Oyj and ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KONE Oyj	$11.85 billion	2.28	$1.00 billion	$0.99	25.80
ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$2.43 million	N/A	N/A

KONE Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition.

Summary

KONE Oyj beats ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition on 7 of the 9 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 ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition

ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses. The company intends to focuses on identifying businesses in technology and cybersecurity. ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Kennesaw, Georgia.