Contrasting Valor Latitude Acquisition (VLAT) and Its Competitors

Valor Latitude Acquisition (NASDAQ:VLAT – Get Rating) is one of 715 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Valor Latitude Acquisition to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Valor Latitude Acquisition and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Valor Latitude Acquisition	N/A	$8.97 million	33.16
Valor Latitude Acquisition Competitors	$1.57 billion	$3.67 million	-12.45

Valor Latitude Acquisition’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Valor Latitude Acquisition. Valor Latitude Acquisition is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Valor Latitude Acquisition and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valor Latitude Acquisition	N/A	17.24%	3.57%
Valor Latitude Acquisition Competitors	-46.60%	-66.84%	-1.60%

Risk and Volatility

Valor Latitude Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valor Latitude Acquisition’s competitors have a beta of 0.04, indicating that their average share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Valor Latitude Acquisition pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Valor Latitude Acquisition pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.3% and pay out 124.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Valor Latitude Acquisition and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valor Latitude Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A
Valor Latitude Acquisition Competitors	114	591	882	15	2.50

As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 312.92%. Given Valor Latitude Acquisition’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Valor Latitude Acquisition has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.7% of Valor Latitude Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Valor Latitude Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About Valor Latitude Acquisition

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Valor Latitude Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the technology sector in Latin America. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.