Blue Owl Capital (OWL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Blue Owl Capital Inc. operates as an asset manager in the United States. The company offers permanent capital base solutions that enables it to offer holistic framework of capital solutions to middle market companies, large alternative asset managers, and corporate real estate owners and tenants. It also provides direct lending products that offer private credit products comprising diversified, technology, first lien, and opportunistic lending to middle-market companies; liquid credit; GP strategic capital products, which offers capital solutions, including GP minority stakes, GP debt financing, and professional sports minority stakes; and real estate products that focuses on acquiring triple net lease real estate by investment grade or creditworthy tenants. It offers its solutions through permanent capital vehicles, as well as long-dated private funds. Blue Owl Capital Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.43 to $18.86
• 50-Day Range: $15.87 to $21.66
• 52-Week Range: $14.55 to $26.73
• Volume: 3.98 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.75 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $28.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: 109.01
• Dividend Yield: 4.86%
• Price Target: $23.56
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Blue Owl Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blue Owl Capital scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 257th out of 922 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Blue Owl Capital has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Blue Owl Capital has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 22.83%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blue Owl Capital are expected to grow by 22.83% in the coming year, from $0.92 to $1.13 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 109.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.16.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 109.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.16.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Blue Owl Capital has a PEG Ratio of 1.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blue Owl Capital has a P/B Ratio of 4.97. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.18% of the float of Blue Owl Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blue Owl Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blue Owl Capital has recently decreased by 13.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Blue Owl Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.02%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Blue Owl Capital has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 692.31%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Blue Owl Capital will have a dividend payout ratio of 79.65% in the coming year. This indicates that Blue Owl Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.18% of the float of Blue Owl Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blue Owl Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blue Owl Capital has recently decreased by 13.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.09

News Sentiment

Blue Owl Capital has a news sentiment score of 1.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.92 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 21 news articles for Blue Owl Capital this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 18 people have searched for OWL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -36% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added Blue Owl Capital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -83% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Blue Owl Capital insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

27.44% of the stock of Blue Owl Capital is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 35.85% of the stock of Blue Owl Capital is held by institutions.

OWL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have OWL shares performed this year?

Blue Owl Capital's stock was trading at $23.26 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, OWL stock has decreased by 20.3% and is now trading at $18.53.
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How were Blue Owl Capital's earnings last quarter?

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.03. The business earned $620.19 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $636.44 million. Blue Owl Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.82% and a net margin of 4.77%.
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Who are Blue Owl Capital's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Blue Owl Capital include Federated Hermes Inc. (0.45%), Brown University (0.20%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.17%) and Cortland Associates Inc. MO (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Blue Pool Capital Ltd and Path Solutions 2020 LP Glide.
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How do I buy shares of Blue Owl Capital?

Shares of OWL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Blue Owl Capital own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Blue Owl Capital investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Comcast (CMCSA), McKesson (MCK), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/28 Dividend: 2/19/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 2/28 Dividend: 2/19/2025
• Dividend Payable: 2/28/2025
• Last Earnings: 5/01/2025
• Today: 5/09/2025
• Record date for 5/28 Dividend: 5/14/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/28 Dividend: 5/14/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/28/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Investment advice
• Sub-Industry: Trading
• Current Symbol: NYSE:OWL
• CIK: 1823945
• Web: www.altimarspac.com
• Phone: 212-419-3000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 540
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $23.56
• High Stock Price Target: $28.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $18.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.13
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 108.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.14
• P/E Growth: 1.23
• Net Income: $109.58 million
• Net Margins: 4.77%
• Pretax Margin: 22.22%
• Return on Equity: 20.82%
• Return on Assets: 11.52%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.58
• Quick Ratio: 0.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.30 billion
• Price / Sales: 12.41
• Cash Flow: $0.71 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 26.27
• Book Value: $3.73 per share
• Price / Book: 4.97

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,537,834,000
• Free Float: 993,639,000
• Market Cap: $28.49 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21