OWL vs. KKR, BX, APO, ARES, HOOD, VICI, TPL, BAM, TPG, and CBOE
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), and Cboe Global Markets (CBOE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Blue Owl Capital vs.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $161.43, suggesting a potential upside of 22.14%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $26.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.00%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blue Owl Capital.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 663 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.37% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.77%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 20.82% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. KKR & Co. Inc. 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.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 40 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 10 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.72 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital pays out 423.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blue Owl Capital on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OWL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
