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

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III 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
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$422.83 million	4.25	$271.96 million	$1.76	8.28
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III	N/A	N/A	$280,000.00	N/A	N/A

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Blue Owl Capital Co. III and Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Blue Owl Capital Co. III currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III.

Profitability

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

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.7% of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III shares are held by institutional investors. 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company 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 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.

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.