CION vs. OBDC, RVT, GAB, NUV, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, GSBD, and MFIC
Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
CION Investment vs. Its Competitors
Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and CION Investment (NYSE:CION) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $15.21, suggesting a potential upside of 21.67%. CION Investment has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.91%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than CION Investment.
Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. 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. CION Investment pays out -757.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and CION Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CION Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 7 more articles in the media than CION Investment. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 3 mentions for CION Investment. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat CION Investment's score of 0.63 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to CION Investment's net margin of -4.57%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat CION Investment's return on equity.
Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than CION Investment. CION Investment 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.
Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CION Investment has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blue Owl Capital beats CION Investment on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CION) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
