FS KKR Capital (FSK) Competitors

FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSK or OBDC?

FS KKR Capital received 63 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 49.07%	Underperform Votes 82 50.93%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 16 66.67%	Underperform Votes 8 33.33%

Do analysts prefer FSK or OBDC?

FS KKR Capital presently has a consensus target price of $20.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.88%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.86, indicating a potential upside of 4.39%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than FS KKR Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Blue Owl Capital	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FSK or OBDC?

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media favor FSK or OBDC?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 5 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat FS KKR Capital's score of -0.07 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS KKR Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Blue Owl Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FSK or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than FS KKR Capital. Blue Owl Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR 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
FS KKR Capital	$607M	9.82	$696M	$1.88	11.32
Blue Owl Capital	$702.27M	8.44	$753.61M	$1.61	9.43

Is FSK or OBDC a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. FS KKR Capital pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital pays out 91.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSK or OBDC?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSK or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.99% compared to FS KKR Capital's net margin of 29.98%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.59% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%
Blue Owl Capital	38.99%	12.59%	5.52%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats FS KKR Capital on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.