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

Company Overview

Blue Owl Capital Corporation (NYSE:OBDC) is a business development company that provides financing to middle-market companies. The company invests primarily in privately held businesses through senior secured loans, including first-lien and unitranche loans, as well as second-lien debt, subordinated debt and equity investments.

OBDC’s investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. Its portfolio companies operate across a range of industries, and the company generally focuses on established businesses that may have limited access to traditional financing sources.

The company was formed as Owl Rock Capital Corporation and began operations in 2016. It adopted the Blue Owl Capital Corporation name and the OBDC ticker following the broader integration of Owl Rock with Dyal Capital under the Blue Owl Capital platform. OBDC is externally managed by Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC, an affiliate of alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital Inc., and its investment activities are led by a team of professionals with experience in credit, private equity and middle-market finance.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.11 to $10.36
• 50-Day Range: $10.03 to $11.91
• 52-Week Range: $9.81 to $13.57
• Volume: 5.46 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.62 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.47
• Dividend Yield: 11.99%
• Price Target: $12.83
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Blue Owl Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blue Owl Capital scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 351st out of 847 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: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Blue Owl Capital has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $12.83, representing about 24.5% upside from its current price of $10.31.

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: -0.78%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blue Owl Capital are expected to decrease by -0.78% in the coming year, from $1.29 to $1.28 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 18.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blue Owl Capital is 18.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.78.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blue Owl Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.24% 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 6.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blue Owl Capital has recently increased by 9.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Blue Owl Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.31%, 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 221.43%. 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 96.88% in the coming year. This indicates that Blue Owl Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.14

News Sentiment

Blue Owl Capital has a news sentiment score of 1.14. 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 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Blue Owl Capital this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 14 people have searched for OBDC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -39% 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 83% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Blue Owl Capital insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $11,340.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:OBDC
• CIK: 1655888
• Web: www.blueowlcapitalcorporation.com
• Phone: 212-419-3000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: 2021

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Blue Owl Capital: $12.83
• High Price Target: $15.00
• Low Price Target: $11.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.56
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.02
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $800.36 million
• Net Margins: 16.99%
• Pretax Margin: 42.78%
• Return on Equity: 9.49%
• Return on Assets: 4.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.12
• Current Ratio: 0.65
• Quick Ratio: 0.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.76
• Cash Flow: $1.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.01
• Book Value: $14.48 per share
• Price / Book: 0.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 493,140,000
• Free Float: 492,453,000
• Market Cap: $5.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.64