SRH Total Return Fund (STEW) Competitors

SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the media favor STEW or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 13 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 5 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.83 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SRH Total Return Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STEW or OBDC?

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend STEW or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $16.08, suggesting a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than SRH Total Return Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Owl Capital	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, STEW or OBDC?

SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, STEW or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than SRH Total Return Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRH Total Return Fund	$550.34M	2.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	3.77	$753.61M	$1.53	10.09

Is STEW or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to SRH Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.36% beat SRH Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.36%	5.38%

Is STEW or OBDC a better dividend stock?

SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STEW or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital received 18 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 18 69.23%	Underperform Votes 8 30.77%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats SRH Total Return Fund on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.