OBDC vs. FSK, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, RVT, OXLC, GAB, BCAT, and STEW
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital include FS KKR Capital (FSK), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Blue Owl Capital vs.
FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to FS KKR Capital's net margin of 29.98%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.36% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.
FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. 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 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.
FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Blue Owl Capital has lower revenue, but higher 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.
In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 4 more articles in the media than FS KKR Capital. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 14 mentions for FS KKR Capital. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.83 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FS KKR Capital received 61 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 48.77% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.
FS KKR Capital currently has a consensus target price of $20.63, indicating a potential downside of 13.03%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $16.08, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. 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.
Summary
Blue Owl Capital beats FS KKR Capital on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OBDC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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