Critical Survey: Oak Woods Acquisition (NASDAQ:OAKU) & Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Blue Owl Capital Co. III and Oak Woods Acquisition, as provided 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
Oak Woods Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Blue Owl Capital Co. III currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.58%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Oak Woods Acquisition.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and Oak Woods 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	$244.17 million	7.24	$271.96 million	$1.76	8.15
Oak Woods Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Profitability

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

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.0% of Oak Woods Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Oak Woods Acquisition shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Oak Woods Acquisition on 8 of the 9 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 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.