Financial Comparison: Worldwide Webb Acquisition (NASDAQ:WWAC) and Inspirato (NASDAQ:ISPO)

Inspirato (NASDAQ:ISPO) and Worldwide Webb Acquisition (NASDAQ:WWAC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Inspirato has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldwide Webb Acquisition has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Inspirato and Worldwide Webb Acquisition”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inspirato	$287.45 million	0.13	-$51.76 million	($4.40)	-0.78
Worldwide Webb Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Worldwide Webb Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inspirato.

Profitability

This table compares Inspirato and Worldwide Webb Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inspirato	-4.14%	N/A	-11.74%
Worldwide Webb Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Inspirato and Worldwide Webb Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inspirato	0	1	1	0	2.50
Worldwide Webb Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Inspirato presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 204.35%. Given Inspirato’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Inspirato is more favorable than Worldwide Webb Acquisition.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.5% of Inspirato shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of Worldwide Webb Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Inspirato shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Worldwide Webb Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Worldwide Webb Acquisition beats Inspirato on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inspirato

Inspirato Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a subscription-based luxury travel company. The company's portfolio includes luxury vacation homes, and accommodations at luxury hotels and resorts, as well as luxury safaris, cruises, custom-designed itineraries, and other experiences. It is involved in solving critical pain points for hospitality suppliers seeking to monetize their property with rental income. In addition, the company offers Inspirato Pass for member to book pass trips; Inspirato Club for members to book trips up to one year in advance Inspirato for Good, a platform designed to help nonprofit organizations accelerate funding results; Inspirato for Business, a business-to-business channel through which subscription and travel products are sold directly to businesses seeking to leverage luxury accommodations to recruit, retain, and reward their employees. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

About Worldwide Webb Acquisition

Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to identify business opportunities in the field of direct-to-consumer brands, amazon-centric, online marketplace, food tech, new media, digital health, software-as-a-service, fintech, and others. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Orem, Utah.