Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Is GSBD or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 17.01%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.36%	5.38%

Do analysts prefer GSBD or OBDC?

Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.63%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $16.08, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Goldman Sachs BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Blue Owl Capital	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GSBD or OBDC?

Goldman Sachs BDC received 256 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Goldman Sachs BDC	Outperform Votes 274 55.69%	Underperform Votes 218 44.31%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 18 69.23%	Underperform Votes 8 30.77%

Which has more risk & volatility, GSBD or OBDC?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GSBD or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Goldman Sachs BDC. Blue Owl Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goldman Sachs BDC, 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	$454.91M	3.41	$195.87M	$0.70	18.88
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	3.77	$753.61M	$1.53	10.09

Does the media favor GSBD or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 8 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.83 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GSBD or OBDC?

28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is GSBD or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 257.1% 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 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Goldman Sachs BDC on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.