PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$665.75M	10.49	$753.61M	$1.53	8.93
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.31	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to OBDC or PTY?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 24 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 0 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.55 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	Positive
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OBDC or PTY a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. 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.

Is OBDC or PTY more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OBDC or PTY?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus price target of $16.21, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

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
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBDC or PTY?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 104 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 20 64.52%	Underperform Votes 11 35.48%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.