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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the media prefer OBDC or FSK?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 6 more articles in the media than FS KKR Capital. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 16 mentions for FS KKR Capital. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.58 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS KKR Capital	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBDC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital received 59 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 47.59% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 20 64.52%	Underperform Votes 11 35.48%
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 47.59%	Underperform Votes 87 52.41%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$665.75M	10.41	$753.61M	$1.53	8.86
FS KKR Capital	$664M	8.09	$696M	$2.09	9.18

Which has more risk & volatility, OBDC or FSK?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 10.9%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. 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 pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate OBDC or FSK?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus price target of $16.21, indicating a potential upside of 19.57%. FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $20.70, indicating a potential upside of 7.87%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Is OBDC or FSK more profitable?

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 12.38% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Summary

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