Critical Analysis: Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) vs. Interactive Strength (NASDAQ:TRNR)

Interactive Strength (NASDAQ:TRNR) and Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.6% of Interactive Strength shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Interactive Strength shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Interactive Strength has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avolta has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Interactive Strength and Avolta, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interactive Strength	1	0	0	2	3.00
Avolta	0	1	0	1	3.00

Interactive Strength presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 948.95%. Given Interactive Strength’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Interactive Strength is more favorable than Avolta.

Profitability

This table compares Interactive Strength and Avolta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interactive Strength	-202.03%	-152.27%	-32.49%
Avolta	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Interactive Strength and Avolta”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interactive Strength	$5.38 million	0.64	-$34.93 million	($22.64)	-0.06
Avolta	$15.33 billion	0.56	$117.00 million	N/A	N/A

Avolta has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Strength.

Summary

Avolta beats Interactive Strength on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Interactive Strength

Interactive Strength Inc., doing business as FORME, operates digital fitness platform that provides connected fitness hardware products and related accessories in the United States. The company offers the Forme Studio, a fitness mirror with touchscreen display; and the Forme Studio Lift, a fitness mirror and cable-based digital resistance. It also provides video on-demand classes, and personal training and expert health coaching services. The company sells its products through retail stores, as well as online. Interactive Strength Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Avolta

Avolta AG operates as a travel retailer. The company’s retail brands include general travel retail shops under the Dufry, World Duty Free, Nuance, Hellenic Duty Free, Zurich Duty-Free or Stockholm Duty-Free, Autogrill, and HMSHost brands; Dufry shopping stores; brand boutiques; convenience stores primarily under the Hudson brand; and specialized shops and theme stores. It offers perfumes and cosmetics, food and confectionery, wines and spirits, watches and jewelry, fashion and leather, tobacco goods, souvenirs, electronics, soft drinks, packaged food, travel accessories, personal items, sunglasses, destination, and other products, as well as newspapers, magazines, and books. It operates duty-free and duty-paid shops located at airports, border, downtown and hotel shops, railway stations and other, cruise liners and ferries, seaports, and motorways in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Dufry AG and changed its name to Avolta AG in November 2023. Avolta AG was incorporated in 1865 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.