Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE – Get Free Report) and Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and Genius Sports”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Clover Leaf Capital | N/A | N/A | -$1.05 million | ($0.23) | -54.35 |
| Genius Sports | $412.98 million | 5.43 | -$85.53 million | ($0.32) | -30.53 |
Clover Leaf Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genius Sports. Clover Leaf Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genius Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Clover Leaf Capital | N/A | N/A | -9.57% |
| Genius Sports | -15.84% | -14.11% | -10.63% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Clover Leaf Capital and Genius Sports, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Clover Leaf Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Genius Sports | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 |
Genius Sports has a consensus price target of $10.39, suggesting a potential upside of 6.33%. Given Genius Sports’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genius Sports is more favorable than Clover Leaf Capital.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Genius Sports shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Genius Sports shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genius Sports has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Genius Sports beats Clover Leaf Capital on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Genius Sports
Genius Sports Limited engages in the development and sale of technology-led products and services to the sports, sports betting, and sports media industries. It offers technology infrastructure for the collection, integration, and distribution of live data of sports leagues; streaming solutions comprising technology, automatic production, and distribution for sports to commercialize video footage of their games; and end-to-end integrity services to sports leagues, such as full-time active monitoring technology, which uses mathematical algorithms to identify and flag suspicious betting activity in global betting markets, as well as a full suite of online and offline educational and consultancy services. The company also provides live sports data collection; pre-game and in-game odds feeds; risk management services, including customer profiling, monitoring of incoming bets, automated acceptance and rejection of bets, and limit setting; live streaming services; creation, delivery, and optimization of digital marketing campaigns, such as data-driven personalized ad creative; and fan engagement widgets for digital publishers that offer live game statistics and betting-related content. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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