Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN – Get Free Report) and Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Golden Entertainment has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Golden Entertainment and Clover Leaf Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Golden Entertainment | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Clover Leaf Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
70.7% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.0% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Golden Entertainment and Clover Leaf Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Golden Entertainment | 33.07% | -0.33% | -0.13% |
| Clover Leaf Capital | N/A | N/A | -9.57% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Golden Entertainment and Clover Leaf Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Golden Entertainment | $829.80 million | 1.08 | $255.76 million | $9.27 | 3.33 |
| Clover Leaf Capital | N/A | N/A | -$1.05 million | ($0.23) | -54.35 |
Golden Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Clover Leaf Capital. Clover Leaf Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Golden Entertainment beats Clover Leaf Capital on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Golden Entertainment
Golden Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates a diversified entertainment platform in the United States. The company operates through four segments; Nevada Casino Resorts, Nevada Locals Casinos, Nevada Taverns, and Distributed Gaming. It also operates casino, casino resorts, and taverns; and slot machines in third party non-casino locations. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
About Clover Leaf Capital
Clover Leaf Capital Corp. does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, and other business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to acquire companies operating in the cannabis industry. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Miami, Florida.
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