Critical Survey: Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) versus Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS)

Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Clover Leaf Capital and Walt Disney, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clover Leaf Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A
Walt Disney	0	3	17	1	2.90

Walt Disney has a consensus price target of $119.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.61%. Given Walt Disney’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Clover Leaf Capital.

Risk and Volatility

Clover Leaf Capital has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. 73.0% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and Walt Disney’s 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%
Walt Disney	5.30%	8.64%	4.54%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clover Leaf Capital and Walt Disney”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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)	-52.61
Walt Disney	$90.03 billion	1.92	$2.35 billion	$0.92	103.11

Walt Disney has higher revenue and earnings than Clover Leaf Capital. Clover Leaf Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Walt Disney beats Clover Leaf Capital on 12 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 Walt Disney

The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Entertainment, Sports, and Experiences. The company produces and distributes film and television video streaming content under the ABC Television Network, Disney, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brand television channels, as well as ABC television stations and A+E television networks; and produces original content under the ABC Signature, Disney Branded Television, FX Productions, Lucasfilm, Marvel, National Geographic Studios, Pixar, Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, 20th Television, and Walt Disney Pictures banners. It also offers direct-to-consumer streaming services through Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, Hulu, and Star+; sports-related entertainment services through ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN+ DTC, and Star; sale/licensing of film and episodic content to third-party television and VOD services; theatrical, home entertainment, and music distribution services; DVD and Blu-ray discs, electronic home video licenses, and VOD rental services; staging and licensing of live entertainment events; and post-production services. In addition, the company operates theme parks and resorts comprising Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, National Geographic Expeditions, and Adventures by Disney, as well as Aulani, a Disney resort and spa in Hawaii. It also licenses its intellectual property to a third party for operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort; licenses trade names, characters, visual, literary, and other IP for use on merchandise, published materials, and games; operates a direct-to-home satellite distribution platform; sells branded merchandise through retail, online, and wholesale businesses; and develops and publishes books, comic books, and magazines. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.