Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) & Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) Critical Analysis

Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) and Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

81.9% of Genius Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Genius Sports shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 81.2% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by company 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Genius Sports and Clover Leaf Capital”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genius Sports	$412.98 million	5.04	-$85.53 million	($0.32)	-28.34
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	N/A	-$1.05 million	($0.23)	-54.35

Clover Leaf Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Volatility and Risk

Genius Sports has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Genius Sports and Clover Leaf Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genius Sports	0	0	9	0	3.00
Clover Leaf Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00

Genius Sports currently has a consensus target price of $10.39, suggesting a potential upside of 14.54%. Given Genius Sports’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Genius Sports is more favorable than Clover Leaf Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Genius Sports and Clover Leaf Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genius Sports	-15.84%	-14.11%	-10.63%
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	N/A	-9.57%

Summary

Genius Sports beats Clover Leaf Capital on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.