Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for OBDC Q2 Earnings

Blue Owl Capital Co. (NYSE:OBDC - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Blue Owl Capital in a report released on Tuesday, November 19th. Zacks Research analyst K. Dey now anticipates that the company will earn $0.43 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.42. The consensus estimate for Blue Owl Capital's current full-year earnings is $1.89 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Blue Owl Capital's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on OBDC. Raymond James lowered Blue Owl Capital from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 9th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on Blue Owl Capital from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Compass Point raised Blue Owl Capital to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 19th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their target price on Blue Owl Capital from $16.00 to $15.50 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 20th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $17.00 price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $16.07.

Blue Owl Capital Stock Up 0.2 %

OBDC stock opened at $15.06 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.35 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a 50-day moving average of $14.90 and a 200-day moving average of $15.34. Blue Owl Capital has a fifty-two week low of $13.98 and a fifty-two week high of $16.91.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Blue Owl Capital

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital in the 1st quarter worth approximately $354,000. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co boosted its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 3.6% in the 1st quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 359,197 shares of the company's stock worth $5,532,000 after buying an additional 12,548 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 6.0% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 277,116 shares of the company's stock worth $4,262,000 after buying an additional 15,621 shares during the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 180,619 shares of the company's stock worth $2,778,000 after buying an additional 8,558 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital in the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,592,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.83% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Edward H. Dalelio bought 2,500 shares of Blue Owl Capital stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 27th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $15.02 per share, for a total transaction of $37,550.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 9,016 shares in the company, valued at approximately $135,420.32. This represents a 38.37 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Blue Owl Capital Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a $0.37 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This is an increase from Blue Owl Capital's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.83%. Blue Owl Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 91.93%.

About Blue Owl Capital

Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in direct and fund of fund investments. The fund makes investments in senior secured, direct lending or unsecured loans, subordinated loans or mezzanine loans and also considers equity-related securities including warrants and preferred stocks also pursues preferred equity investments, first lien, unitranche, and second lien term loans and common equity investments.

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