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

Company Overview

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE: OWL) is an alternative asset manager that provides private-market investment solutions to institutional investors, financial professionals, and other clients. The company focuses on strategies designed to deliver income, long-term capital appreciation, and customized exposure to private markets.

Blue Owl operates across three primary platforms: Credit, GP Strategic Capital, and Real Estate. Its credit business provides private financing to companies, including direct lending and other asset-backed and specialty finance strategies. GP Strategic Capital invests in and provides capital solutions to private-equity and other alternative investment managers, while the real estate platform focuses on real estate credit and related investment opportunities.

The company was formed through the combination of Owl Rock Capital and Dyal Capital Group and became a publicly traded company in 2021. Blue Owl serves clients in North America, Europe, and other international markets through a global investment and distribution network. The firm is led by co-founders and co-chief executive officers Marc Lipschultz and Doug Ostrover.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.75 to $9.10
• 50-Day Range: $8.80 to $12.68
• 52-Week Range: $7.95 to $17.30
• Volume: 17.93 million shs
• Average Volume: 19.41 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.76 billion
• P/E Ratio: 73.56
• Dividend Yield: 10.42%
• Price Target: $13.36
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Blue Owl Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blue Owl Capital scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 322nd out of 851 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 2.53, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $13.36, representing about 51.4% upside from its current price of $8.83.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Blue Owl Capital has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.36%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blue Owl Capital are expected to grow by 11.36% in the coming year, from $0.88 to $0.98 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 73.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 73.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.38.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Blue Owl Capital has a PEG Ratio of 1.04. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blue Owl Capital has a P/B Ratio of 2.27. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.14% 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 6.18.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blue Owl Capital has recently increased by 0.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Blue Owl Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.40%, 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 766.67%. 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 93.88% in the coming year. This indicates that Blue Owl Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.47

News Sentiment

Blue Owl Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.47. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Blue Owl Capital this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

22 people have searched for OWL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 57% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

16 people have added Blue Owl Capital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 700% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 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

25.74% 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

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

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 8/27 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/27 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/27/2026
• Today: 10/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:OWL
• CIK: 1823945
• Web: www.blueowl.com
• Phone: 212-419-3000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,365
• Year Founded: 2021

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Blue Owl Capital: $13.36
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $9.10
• Potential Upside/Downside: +51.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.53
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 73.56
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.03
• P/E Growth: 1.04
• Net Income: $78.83 million
• Net Margins: 2.71%
• Pretax Margin: 13.04%
• Return on Equity: 23.14%
• Return on Assets: 11.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.54
• Quick Ratio: 0.54

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.87 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.79
• Cash Flow: $1.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.11
• Book Value: $3.89 per share
• Price / Book: 2.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,559,090,000
• Free Float: 1,157,782,000
• Market Cap: $13.76 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.35