Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO – Free Report) and Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE – Free Report) are both unclassified small-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, and valuation.
profitability
This table compares the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III.
| Net margins | Return on equity | Return on total assets | |
| Patria Latin America – Acquisition of opportunities | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Blue Owl Capital Co. III | 63.33% | 13.62% | 6.78% |
Insider and institutional 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. For comparison, 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large asset managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Income and valuation
This table compares the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III.
| Gross sales | Price/sales ratio | Net income | Earnings per share | Price-earnings ratio | |
| Patria Latin America – Acquisition of opportunities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Blue Owl Capital Co. III | 273.87 million US dollars | 6.33 | 271.96 million US dollars | $2.27 | 6.19 |
Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenues and earnings than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.
Analyst ratings
This is a breakdown of the current ratings and recommendations for Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sales ratings | Keep ratings | Buy reviews | Strong buy recommendations | Evaluation result | |
| Patria Latin America – Acquisition of opportunities | 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 13.80%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s likely higher upside, analysts clearly believe that Blue Owl Capital Co. III is cheaper than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.
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
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Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. is a non-executive company. The Company 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 founded in 2021 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
About Blue Owl Capital Co. III
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Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company focused on lending to middle-market U.S. companies. Blue Owl Capital Corporation is headquartered in NEW YORK.
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