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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the media favor OBDC or PTY?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 7 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 4 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.51 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBDC or PTY?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 105 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% 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
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 19 65.52%	Underperform Votes 10 34.48%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Which has better 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	11.54	$753.61M	$1.53	9.83
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	11.37	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 7.46%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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 9.8%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.