Trinity Capital (TRIN) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or TRIN?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OBDC or TRIN?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Owl Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$743.36M	8.55	$741.06M	$1.51	8.24
Trinity Capital	$237.69M	4.37	$115.60M	$2.23	6.62

Do analysts rate OBDC or TRIN?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.21, suggesting a potential upside of 22.30%. Trinity Capital has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.64%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Trinity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is OBDC or TRIN more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 51.88% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 38.29%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.72% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%
Trinity Capital	51.88%	15.72%	7.08%

Does the media prefer OBDC or TRIN?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Trinity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 5 mentions for Trinity Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Trinity Capital's score of 0.46 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinity Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OBDC or TRIN?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OBDC or TRIN a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trinity Capital pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Trinity Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Trinity Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Trinity Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.