Blue Owl Capital (OWL) Competitors

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CG or OWL?

55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CG or OWL?

Carlyle Group currently has a consensus target price of $57.73, indicating a potential downside of 1.66%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $24.02, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Group	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is CG or OWL more profitable?

Carlyle Group has a net margin of 19.00% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 2.88%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Group	19.00%	23.78%	6.40%
Blue Owl Capital	2.88%	19.90%	10.59%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CG or OWL?

Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Owl 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
Carlyle Group	$3.47B	6.11	$1.02B	$2.95	19.90
Blue Owl Capital	$2.30B	12.62	$109.58M	$0.09	209.33

Which has more risk & volatility, CG or OWL?

Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CG or OWL a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Blue Owl Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to CG or OWL?

In the previous week, Carlyle Group and Carlyle Group both had 19 articles in the media. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.65 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Carlyle Group beats Blue Owl Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.