DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.12	$741.06M	$1.51	8.52
DNP Select Income Fund	$864.48M	4.30	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OBDC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. 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. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 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 OBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 12 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 0 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat DNP Select Income Fund'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
DNP Select Income Fund	Neutral

Is OBDC or DNP more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus target price of $15.21, indicating a potential upside of 18.26%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

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
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.