FS KKR Capital (FSK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBDC or FSK?

FS KKR Capital received 55 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 45.93% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 24 66.67%	Underperform Votes 12 33.33%
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 45.93%	Underperform Votes 93 54.07%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OBDC or FSK?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, OBDC or FSK?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OBDC or FSK more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to FS KKR Capital's net margin of 29.98%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Which has better earnings & valuation, OBDC or FSK?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than FS KKR Capital. Blue Owl Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR 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	$725.01M	10.39	$753.61M	$1.55	9.51
FS KKR Capital	$613M	9.83	$696M	$1.90	11.32

Does the media refer more to OBDC or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 2 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 1.45 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FS KKR Capital	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend OBDC or FSK?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.64, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.32%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than FS KKR Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Is OBDC or FSK a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FS KKR Capital pays out 134.7% 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 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats FS KKR Capital on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.