Head to Head Review: Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) & Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO)

Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

72.3% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are owned by 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$273.87 million	6.45	$271.96 million	$2.27	6.31
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Blue Owl Capital Co. III and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	0	0	1	0	3.00
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Blue Owl Capital Co. III presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	63.33%	13.62%	6.78%
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition on 7 of the 8 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 Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition

Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to focus its search on companies in the healthcare, food and beverage, logistics, agribusiness, education, and financial services sectors primarily in Latin America. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.