OBDE vs. MSDL, BCSF, TRIN, CION, TSLX, SBCF, BBAR, TOWN, FRME, and ITCLY
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital Co. III stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital Co. III include Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Trinity Capital (TRIN), CION Investment (CION), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), TowneBank (TOWN), First Merchants (FRME), and Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 2 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital Co. III. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 4 mentions for Blue Owl Capital Co. III. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Blue Owl Capital Co. III's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blue Owl Capital Co. III received 1 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending when rated by MarketBeat users.
Blue Owl Capital Co. III has a net margin of 63.33% compared to Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's net margin of 62.34%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III's return on equity of 13.62% beat Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity.
Blue Owl Capital Co. III presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.08%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $21.92, indicating a potential downside of 2.55%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending.
Blue Owl Capital Co. III has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats Morgan Stanley Direct Lending on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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