Comparing Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) and Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ:FWAC)

Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ:FWAC) and Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III and Blue Owl Capital Co. III”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III	N/A	N/A	$280,000.00	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$244.17 million	7.41	$271.96 million	$1.76	8.33

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III.

Profitability

This table compares Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III and Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III	N/A	-81.59%	1.89%
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	45.35%	11.52%	5.22%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III and Blue Owl Capital Co. III, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III	0	0	0	0	0.00
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	0	0	1	0	3.00

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.14%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.7% of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Blue Owl Capital Co. III

Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company focused on lending to U.S. middle-market companies. Blue Owl Capital Corporation is based in NEW YORK.