Blue Owl Capital (OBDC) Competitors

Brookfield (NYSE:BN) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend BN or OBDC?

Brookfield currently has a consensus price target of $75.70, indicating a potential upside of 13.78%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $15.42, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Given Brookfield's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Blue Owl Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

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

61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BN or OBDC?

Brookfield has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BN or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 7 mentions for Brookfield. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Brookfield's score of 1.00 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
Brookfield	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BN or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield. Blue Owl Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, 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
Brookfield	$86.01B	1.28	$641M	$0.43	154.72
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.58	$741.06M	$1.51	9.48

Is BN or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Brookfield pays out 83.7% 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 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. Brookfield has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is BN or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Brookfield's net margin of 1.11%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Brookfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield	1.11%	3.77%	1.21%
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Brookfield on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.