Blue Owl Capital (OBDC) Competitors

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

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 7.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, DNP or OBDC?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DNP or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.42, indicating a potential upside of 7.55%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.22

Does the media prefer DNP or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 10 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.77 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, DNP or OBDC?

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
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$743.36M	9.85	$741.06M	$1.51	9.49

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

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

Is DNP or OBDC 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
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.