CareTrust REIT (CTRE) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) and CareTrust REIT (NYSE:CTRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer OWL or CTRE?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus target price of $24.02, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
CareTrust REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OWL or CTRE?

35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OWL or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blue Owl Capital. CareTrust REIT 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	$2.30B	12.67	$109.58M	$0.09	208.61
CareTrust REIT	$296.29M	25.27	$125.08M	$1.20	28.60

Is OWL or CTRE more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 58.90% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 2.88%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 19.64% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	2.88%	19.64%	10.38%
CareTrust REIT	58.90%	7.60%	5.90%

Is OWL or CTRE a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CareTrust REIT pays out 111.7% 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 4 consecutive years. Blue Owl Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor OWL or CTRE?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 14 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 0 mentions for CareTrust REIT. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	Positive
CareTrust REIT	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, OWL or CTRE?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats CareTrust REIT on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.