Critical Contrast: Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE) vs. Its Peers

Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) is one of 31 publicly-traded companies in the “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Clover Leaf Capital to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	-$1.05 million	-54.35
Clover Leaf Capital Competitors	$4.79 billion	$110.21 million	22.11

Clover Leaf Capital’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Clover Leaf Capital. Clover Leaf Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Clover Leaf Capital and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clover Leaf Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
Clover Leaf Capital Competitors	243	1003	2099	64	2.58

As a group, “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 17.71%. Given Clover Leaf Capital’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clover Leaf Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	N/A	-9.57%
Clover Leaf Capital Competitors	-134.16%	-57.31%	-24.61%

Volatility & Risk

Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Leaf Capital’s rivals have a beta of 0.93, indicating that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are held by institutional investors. 73.0% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clover Leaf Capital rivals beat Clover Leaf Capital on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

Clover Leaf Capital Company Profile

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.