Blue Owl Capital (OBDC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer OBDC or FSK?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.86, suggesting a potential upside of 4.39%. FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $20.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than FS KKR Capital.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OBDC or FSK?

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
Blue Owl Capital	$702.27M	8.44	$753.61M	$1.61	9.43
FS KKR Capital	$607M	9.82	$696M	$1.88	11.32

Which has more volatility and risk, OBDC or FSK?

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

Does the media refer more to OBDC or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 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 media.

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OBDC or FSK?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBDC or FSK?

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

Is OBDC or FSK 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
Blue Owl Capital	38.99%	12.59%	5.52%
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Is OBDC or FSK a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. 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. 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.

Summary

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