Blue Owl Capital (OWL) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL - Get Free Report) is anticipated to announce its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, July 31st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.21 per share and revenue of $642.13 million for the quarter.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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). Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 19.74% and a net margin of 3.73%. The company had revenue of $620.19 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $636.44 million. On average, analysts expect Blue Owl Capital to post $1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $1 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Blue Owl Capital Stock Down 1.6%

NYSE OWL traded down $0.34 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $19.98. 8,932,042 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,833,235. Blue Owl Capital has a 1 year low of $14.55 and a 1 year high of $26.73. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $19.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $20.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 153.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.17.

Blue Owl Capital Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 14th were paid a $0.225 dividend. This is an increase from Blue Owl Capital's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 14th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.51%. Blue Owl Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 692.31%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Blue Owl Capital

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Blue Owl Capital stock. Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL - Free Report) by 50.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 397,990 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 132,637 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada's holdings in Blue Owl Capital were worth $7,976,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 35.85% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on OWL. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $30.00 to $23.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded shares of Blue Owl Capital from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $20.00 to $23.00 in a research note on Tuesday, May 20th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $22.50 to $23.50 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $24.02.

Blue Owl Capital Company Profile

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.