Regency Centers (REG) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Does the media refer more to OWL or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 4 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Regency Centers and 10 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.91 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regency Centers	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, OWL or REG?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer OWL or REG?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus target price of $26.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.00%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $78.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.48%. Given Blue Owl Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is OWL or REG a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 423.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OWL or REG?

Blue Owl Capital received 11 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 56 64.37%	Underperform Votes 31 35.63%
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 45 46.88%	Underperform Votes 51 53.13%

Is OWL or REG more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.77%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 20.82% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	4.77%	20.82%	11.52%
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%

Which has better valuation and earnings, OWL or REG?

Regency Centers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blue Owl Capital. Regency Centers 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$2.30B	14.36	$109.58M	$0.17	129.87
Regency Centers	$1.45B	9.15	$400.39M	$2.12	34.59

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OWL or REG?

35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital and Regency Centers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.