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Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) Hits New 12-Month Low Following Analyst Downgrade

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Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Monday after Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on the stock from $22.00 to $19.00. Wells Fargo & Company currently has an equal weight rating on the stock. Blue Owl Capital traded as low as $14.55 and last traded at $14.83, with a volume of 1184806 shares. The stock had previously closed at $15.90.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Blue Owl Capital from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and dropped their target price for the company from $25.00 to $24.75 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Blue Owl Capital from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Citigroup decreased their target price on Blue Owl Capital from $30.00 to $23.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. JMP Securities cut their price target on Blue Owl Capital from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a "market outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Cfra Research upgraded Blue Owl Capital to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $24.10.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in OWL. Rakuten Securities Inc. purchased a new position in Blue Owl Capital during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its holdings in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 380.4% during the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 1,326 shares of the company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 1,050 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 43.3% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,416 shares of the company's stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 428 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in Blue Owl Capital by 232.7% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,880 shares of the company's stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 1,315 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in Blue Owl Capital by 136.2% in the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,925 shares of the company's stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 1,110 shares in the last quarter. 35.85% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Blue Owl Capital Trading Down 1.4 %

The stock's fifty day moving average price is $20.62 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.28. The stock has a market cap of $26.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 99.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.20.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 20.82% and a net margin of 4.77%. On average, analysts anticipate that Blue Owl Capital Inc. will post 0.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Blue Owl Capital Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th were paid a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.25%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, February 19th. Blue Owl Capital's dividend payout ratio is currently 423.53%.

Blue Owl Capital Company Profile

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Blue Owl Capital Inc operates as an asset manager in the United States. The company offers permanent capital base solutions that enables it to offer holistic framework of capital solutions to middle market companies, large alternative asset managers, and corporate real estate owners and tenants. It also provides direct lending products that offer private credit products comprising diversified, technology, first lien, and opportunistic lending to middle-market companies; liquid credit; GP strategic capital products, which offers capital solutions, including GP minority stakes, GP debt financing, and professional sports minority stakes; and real estate products that focuses on acquiring triple net lease real estate by investment grade or creditworthy tenants.

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