Critical Analysis: Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) & Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT)

Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and Vivid Seats’ 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%
Vivid Seats	4.56%	21.29%	2.43%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and Vivid Seats”s gross 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)	-54.30
Vivid Seats	$712.88 million	1.35	$74.54 million	N/A	N/A

Vivid Seats has higher revenue and earnings than Clover Leaf Capital.

Risk & Volatility

Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.2% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Clover Leaf Capital and Vivid Seats, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clover Leaf Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vivid Seats	0	3	7	0	2.70

Vivid Seats has a consensus price target of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 43.09%. Given Vivid Seats’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Clover Leaf Capital.

Summary

Vivid Seats beats Clover Leaf Capital on 11 of the 12 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 Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats Inc. operates an online ticket marketplace in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The company operates in two segments, Marketplace and Resale. The Marketplace segment acts as an intermediary between event ticket buyers and sellers; processes ticket sales on its website and mobile applications through its distribution partners; and sells tickets for sports, concerts, theater events, and other live events. This segment offers Skybox, a proprietary enterprise resource planning tool that helps ticket sellers manage ticket inventories, adjust pricing, and fulfill orders across multiple ticket resale marketplaces; and Vivid Picks daily fantasy sports that allows users to partake in contests by making picks from various sport and player matchups. The Resale segment acquires tickets to resell on secondary ticket marketplaces; and provides internal research and development support for Skybox and to deliver seller software and tools. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.