OWL vs. KKR, BX, APO, ARES, AMP, BAM, TPG, CG, MORN, and BEN
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Morningstar (MORN), and Franklin Resources (BEN). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 8 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 10 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.49 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital pays out 600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR & Co. Inc. has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Blue Owl Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 3.84%. KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 18.15% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $94.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.98%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $20.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.62%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 650 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.08% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Owl Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blue Owl Capital on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OWL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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