PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PTY or OBDC?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PTY or OBDC?

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
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.58B	3.65	$753.61M	$1.79	8.27

Does the media refer more to PTY or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 11 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.63 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTY or OBDC?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 109 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%

Is PTY or OBDC a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, PTY or OBDC?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PTY or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Blue Owl Capital's higher probable upside, 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
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is PTY or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 43.61% compared to PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.66% beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	43.61%	12.66%	5.62%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.