Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ:FWAC) vs. Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) Critical Contrast

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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III and Blue Owl Capital Co. III, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable 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%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III and Blue Owl Capital Co. III”s gross 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	$422.83 million	4.25	$271.96 million	$1.76	8.28

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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.