Blue Owl Capital (OBDC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in direct and fund of fund investments. The fund makes investments in senior secured, direct lending or unsecured loans, subordinated loans or mezzanine loans and also considers equity-related securities including warrants and preferred stocks also pursues preferred equity investments, first lien, unitranche, and second lien term loans and common equity investments. Within private equity, it seeks to invest in growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, refinancings and recapitalizations. It seeks to invest in middle market and upper middle market companies based in the United States, with EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million annually and/or annual revenue of $50 million and $2.5 billion at the time of investment. It seeks to invest in investments with maturities typically between three and ten years. It seeks to make investments generally ranging in size between $20 million and $250 million.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.21 to $14.35
• 50-Day Range: $14.06 to $15.10
• 52-Week Range: $12.11 to $15.73
• Volume: 1.57 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.58 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.49
• Dividend Yield: 10.32%
• Price Target: $15.42
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Blue Owl Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blue Owl Capital scored higher than 55% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 600th out of 935 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Blue Owl Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.13, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Blue Owl Capital has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blue Owl Capital are expected to remain at $1.71 per share in the coming year.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 9.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 83.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 9.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 228.80.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blue Owl Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.95. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.28% of the float of Blue Owl Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blue Owl Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blue Owl Capital has recently decreased by 4.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Blue Owl Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.41%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Blue Owl Capital has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 98.01%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Blue Owl Capital will have a dividend payout ratio of 86.55% in the coming year. This indicates that Blue Owl Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.28% of the float of Blue Owl Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blue Owl Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blue Owl Capital has recently decreased by 4.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.49

News Sentiment

Blue Owl Capital has a news sentiment score of 1.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 1.18 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Blue Owl Capital this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

49 people have searched for OBDC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 123% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Blue Owl Capital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 57% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Blue Owl Capital insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.11% of the stock of Blue Owl Capital is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

42.83% of the stock of Blue Owl Capital is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

OBDC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have OBDC shares performed this year?

Blue Owl Capital's stock was trading at $15.12 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, OBDC shares have decreased by 5.2% and is now trading at $14.3350.

How were Blue Owl Capital's earnings last quarter?

Blue Owl Capital Corporation (NYSE:OBDC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 6th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The business earned $485.84 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $480.42 million. Blue Owl Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.24% and a net margin of 38.29%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Blue Owl Capital's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Blue Owl Capital include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (10.19%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.10%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund A (2.99%) and Bank of America Corp DE (2.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Chris Temple, Victor Woolridge and Edward H Dalelio.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Blue Owl Capital?

Shares of OBDC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Blue Owl Capital own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Blue Owl Capital investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Energy Transfer (ET) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2025
• Today: 8/29/2025
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 8/29/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/29/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2025
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2025
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - MISC SVCS
• Sub-Industry: Financial Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:OBDC
• CIK: 1655888
• Web: owlrockcapitalcorporation.com
• Phone: 212-419-3000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Blue Owl Capital: $15.42
• High Price Target: $17.00
• Low Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.13
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.49
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.38
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $741.06 million
• Net Margins: 38.29%
• Pretax Margin: 45.53%
• Return on Equity: 11.24%
• Return on Assets: 4.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.20
• Current Ratio: 0.80
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.60 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.59
• Cash Flow: $1.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.88
• Book Value: $15.03 per share
• Price / Book: 0.95

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 511,050,000
• Free Float: 510,486,000
• Market Cap: $7.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.74