Blue Owl Capital (OBDC) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC - Get Free Report) is expected to be posting its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, May 7th. Analysts expect Blue Owl Capital to post earnings of $0.43 per share and revenue of $457.88 million for the quarter.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.01. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 12.38% and a net margin of 37.26%. The business had revenue of $394.39 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $395.24 million. On average, analysts expect Blue Owl Capital to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Blue Owl Capital Stock Down 1.1 %

NYSE OBDC traded down $0.16 on Monday, hitting $13.92. The stock had a trading volume of 643,385 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,565,311. Blue Owl Capital has a 52-week low of $12.11 and a 52-week high of $16.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.28. The stock has a market cap of $7.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.09 and a beta of 0.73. The business's fifty day moving average price is $14.32 and its 200 day moving average price is $14.83.

Blue Owl Capital Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.44%. Blue Owl Capital's payout ratio is currently 96.73%.

Insider Activity at Blue Owl Capital

In other Blue Owl Capital news, Director Chris Temple bought 15,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $14.80 per share, for a total transaction of $222,000.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 51,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $754,800. This represents a 41.67 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.11% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on OBDC shares. Citizens Jmp raised shares of Blue Owl Capital to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their target price on Blue Owl Capital from $15.10 to $14.50 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $15.00 to $14.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 28th. JMP Securities reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on Blue Owl Capital from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $15.93.

Blue Owl Capital Company Profile

Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in direct and fund of fund investments. The fund makes investments in senior secured, direct lending or unsecured loans, subordinated loans or mezzanine loans and also considers equity-related securities including warrants and preferred stocks also pursues preferred equity investments, first lien, unitranche, and second lien term loans and common equity investments.