Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ:FWAC) & UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) Critical Analysis

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares UBE and Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UBE	$5.84 billion	0.28	$218.05 million	$1.10	7.11
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III	N/A	N/A	$280,000.00	N/A	N/A

UBE has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III.

Profitability

This table compares UBE and Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UBE	3.73%	7.60%	3.66%
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III	N/A	-81.59%	1.89%

Risk and Volatility

UBE has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.7% of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III 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.

Summary

UBE beats Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UBE

Ube Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the chemicals, construction materials, and machinery businesses in Japan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Chemicals, Construction Materials, Machinery, and Others. It offers synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, caprolactam, industrial chemicals, liquefied gas, polyethylene, ammonium sulfate, polyimide, battery materials, separation membranes, fine chemicals, ceramics, high purity chemicals, semiconductor gas products, products for polyurethane resins, aerospace materials, inorganic fiber, and high temperature paints. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for APIs and intermediates; aromatic SF5 compounds; FLUOLEAD, a novel nucleophilic fluorinating agent; and drug discovery and pipeline services. In addition, it offers cement products, ready mixed concrete, soil stabilizing cement, building materials, limestone, calcia and magnesia, specialty inorganic materials, and resource recycling, as well as imports and sells coal. Further, the company is involved in the supply of electric power. Additionally, it provides die-casting and injection molding machines, and extrusion presses; and UBE vertical mills, kilins, furnaces, dryers, water screening equipment, storage and transportation systems, bridges and steel structures, and steel billets and casting. The company also manufactures and sells nylon, plastic films, polypropylene molded products, fibers, fiber-reinforced plastics, electronic and information materials, magnesia clinker, quicklime, slaked lime, and cast iron; and offers coastal shipping, port transportation, containers, collection and transport of industrial waste, trading, and engineering services. In addition, it engages in the purchase, sale, and leasing of real estate properties. Ube Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III

Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to acquire business in the real estate industry. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York.