Contrasting Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO)

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.12%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$273.87 million	6.43	$271.96 million	$2.27	6.29

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

Profitability

This table compares Patria Latin American Opportunity 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
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	63.33%	13.62%	6.78%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

72.3% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.