Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE) versus Its Competitors Critical Analysis

Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) is one of 34 public companies in the “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Clover Leaf Capital to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Leaf Capital’s rivals have a beta of 0.99, suggesting that their average share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Clover Leaf Capital and its rivals, as provided 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	1017	2151	64	2.59

As a group, “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 18.14%. Given Clover Leaf Capital’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clover Leaf Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its rivals gross 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	$4.26 billion	$97.61 million	-13.68

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	-121.55%	-52.97%	-23.45%

Summary

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

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.