Contrasting Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) & Global Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:GLAC)

Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) and Global Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:GLAC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Trinity Capital and Global Lights Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Capital	0	0	2	0	3.00
Global Lights Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Trinity Capital presently has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.65%. Given Trinity Capital’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than Global Lights Acquisition.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Trinity Capital and Global Lights Acquisition”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinity Capital	$131.60 million	5.24	$76.89 million	$1.61	8.65
Global Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Trinity Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Global Lights Acquisition.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Global Lights Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Trinity Capital and Global Lights Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Capital	40.06%	16.14%	7.47%
Global Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Trinity Capital beats Global Lights Acquisition on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Trinity Capital

Trinity Capital Inc. is a business development company. It is a venture capital firm specializing in venture debt to growth stage companies looking for loans and/or equipment financing. Trinity Capital Inc. was founded in 2019 is based in Phoenix, Arizona with additional offices in the United States.

About Global Lights Acquisition

Global Lights Acquisition Corp does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.