Legal & General Group Plc raised its holdings in Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL - Free Report) by 5.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 566,056 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 30,843 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc's holdings in Blue Owl Capital were worth $13,167,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rakuten Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in Blue Owl Capital during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 43.3% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,416 shares of the company's stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 428 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 232.7% during the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,880 shares of the company's stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 1,315 shares during the period. 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 valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 1,110 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Securities Inc. lifted its position in Blue Owl Capital by 30.6% during the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,921 shares of the company's stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 450 shares during the last quarter. 35.85% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Blue Owl Capital Stock Performance
Shares of OWL traded up $0.34 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $17.44. The stock had a trading volume of 6,634,079 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,595,714. Blue Owl Capital Inc. has a 12 month low of $14.55 and a 12 month high of $26.73. The company's 50-day moving average is $19.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.81 billion, a PE ratio of 102.56, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.20.
Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.21. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 20.82% and a net margin of 4.77%. Equities analysts anticipate that Blue Owl Capital Inc. will post 0.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Blue Owl Capital Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 19th were paid a dividend of $0.18 per share. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.13%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, February 19th. Blue Owl Capital's dividend payout ratio is presently 423.53%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on OWL shares. Citigroup lowered their target price on Blue Owl Capital from $30.00 to $23.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price target on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $22.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $27.00 to $21.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. 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, April 8th. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded Blue Owl Capital from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $26.00 to $28.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Blue Owl Capital has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $23.79.
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Blue Owl Capital 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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