Critical Review: Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE) versus Its Competitors

Risk and Volatility

Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Leaf Capital’s peers have a beta of 1.01, indicating that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	-$1.05 million	-54.35
Clover Leaf Capital Competitors	$4.23 billion	$97.61 million	-12.84

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

Profitability

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its peers’ 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	-121.51%	-53.18%	-23.41%

Summary

Clover Leaf Capital peers beat Clover Leaf Capital on 5 of the 9 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.