Contrasting Compass Digital Acquisition (NASDAQ:CDAQ) and Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE)

Compass Digital Acquisition (NASDAQ:CDAQ) and Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Compass Digital Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compass Digital 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, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Compass Digital Acquisition.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.4% of Compass Digital Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Compass Digital 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Compass Digital 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
Compass Digital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	54.40%	12.53%	5.94%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Compass Digital Acquisition and Blue Owl Capital Co. III”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Compass Digital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$422.83 million	4.26	$271.96 million	$2.27	6.44

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Digital Acquisition.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Compass Digital Acquisition on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Compass Digital Acquisition

Compass Digital 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. The company intends to focus its search on companies in the technology sectors, including in the technology led digital transformation software and services sector. Compass Digital Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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.