Reviewing Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) and Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU)

Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) and Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.6% of Leafly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Leafly shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Leafly and Clear Secure, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafly	0	0	2	0	3.00
Clear Secure	1	1	3	0	2.40

Leafly currently has a consensus price target of $7.59, indicating a potential upside of 248.17%. Clear Secure has a consensus price target of $29.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.54%. Given Leafly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Leafly is more favorable than Clear Secure.

Profitability

This table compares Leafly and Clear Secure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafly	-16.61%	N/A	-29.22%
Clear Secure	10.36%	35.33%	11.40%

Volatility & Risk

Leafly has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Secure has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Leafly and Clear Secure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafly	$38.10 million	0.14	-$9.50 million	($3.21)	-0.68
Clear Secure	$697.15 million	6.78	$28.11 million	$0.56	58.29

Clear Secure has higher revenue and earnings than Leafly. Leafly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Clear Secure beats Leafly on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafly

Leafly Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a platform to provide consumers with cannabis information and connects consumers to cannabis brands and licensed retailers. The company offers subscription-based marketplace listings, digital advertising solutions, and software as a service-based tools to cannabis retailers; and information, reviews, menus, and ordering and delivery options to its audience through its website and mobile applications. Leafly Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Clear Secure

Clear Secure, Inc. operates a secure identity platform under the CLEAR brand name primarily in the United States. Its secure identity platform is a multi-layered infrastructure consisting of front-end, including enrollment, verification, and linking, as well as back-end. The company also offers CLEAR Plus, a consumer aviation subscription service, which enables access to predictable entry lanes in airport security checkpoints, as well as access to broader network; and CLEAR mobile app, which is used to enroll new members and improve the experience for existing members. In addition, it provides RESERVE powered by CLEAR, a virtual queuing technology that provides users with the ability to book a dedicated time slot to go through security at the airport; CLEAR Verified, a B2B offering that extends secure identity platform to partners to create friction-free experiences for their customers; TSA PreCheck Enrollment Provided by CLEAR, as well as online renewal services; Atlas Certified, an automated solution to verify professional licenses and certification data across industries; and Sora ID that enables adding know your customer services to platform offerings, as well as virtual queuing technology that enables customers to manage lines. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, New York.