Gambling.com Group (NASDAQ:GAMB) versus Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) Critical Review

Gambling.com Group (NASDAQ:GAMB) and Clover Leaf Capital (NASDAQ:CLOE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Gambling.com Group and Clover Leaf Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gambling.com Group	0	0	8	0	3.00
Clover Leaf Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00

Gambling.com Group presently has a consensus price target of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 55.19%. Given Gambling.com Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gambling.com Group is more favorable than Clover Leaf Capital.

Volatility & Risk

Gambling.com Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Gambling.com Group and Clover Leaf Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gambling.com Group	$138.60 million	2.95	$18.26 million	$0.97	12.12
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	N/A	-$1.05 million	($0.23)	-54.22

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

Profitability

This table compares Gambling.com Group and Clover Leaf Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gambling.com Group	23.40%	25.06%	18.31%
Clover Leaf Capital	N/A	N/A	-9.57%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

72.3% of Gambling.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.9% of Gambling.com Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 81.2% of Clover Leaf Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gambling.com Group beats Clover Leaf Capital on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gambling.com Group

Gambling.com Group Limited operates as a performance marketing company for the online gambling industry worldwide. It provides digital marketing services for the iGaming and social casino products. The company's focus is on online casino, online sports betting, and fantasy sports industry. It publishes various branded websites, including Gambling.com, Casinos.com, RotoWire.com, and Bookies.com. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Saint Helier, Jersey.

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.