DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Competitors

DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DNP or OBDC?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DNP or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNP or OBDC?

DNP Select Income Fund received 174 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 20 62.50%	Underperform Votes 12 37.50%

Does the media prefer DNP or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 8 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.55 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DNP or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$665.75M	10.81	$753.61M	$1.53	9.20

Do analysts rate DNP or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $16.07, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has more volatility and risk, DNP or OBDC?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DNP or OBDC a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.