Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE) & The Competition Critical Review

Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) is one of 32 public companies in the “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Clover Leaf Capital to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its competitors top-line 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	$4.60 billion	$106.31 million	28.52

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Clover Leaf Capital and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clover Leaf Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
Clover Leaf Capital Competitors	241	999	2097	64	2.58

As a group, “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 16.64%. Given Clover Leaf Capital’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clover Leaf Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Leaf Capital’s competitors have a beta of 0.92, meaning that their average stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are held by institutional investors. 73.0% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are held 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.

Profitability

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and its competitors’ 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	-127.28%	-53.48%	-22.92%

Summary

Clover Leaf Capital competitors 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.