Contrasting Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) and Oak Woods Acquisition (NASDAQ:OAKU)

Oak Woods Acquisition (NASDAQ:OAKU) and Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oak Woods Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oak Woods Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$244.17 million	7.24	$271.96 million	$1.76	8.15

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Oak Woods Acquisition.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Oak Woods Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oak Woods Acquisition	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 11.58%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Oak Woods Acquisition.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oak Woods Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	45.35%	11.52%	5.22%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.0% of Oak Woods Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Oak Woods Acquisition 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Oak Woods Acquisition on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oak Woods Acquisition

Oak Woods Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It focuses on entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other business combination with one or more businesses. The company intends to focus on businesses that operate in the public and private healthcare, medical services, and technology-enabled healthcare services sectors, as well as enterprise services, artificial intelligence, culture and media, computer and internet technologies, new consumer brands, blockchain, and other areas in the Asia-pacific region. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Nepean, Canada.

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.