OBDC vs. ARCC, CCAP, GBDC, MFIC, SLRC, BCSF, BXSL, GSBD, MAIN, and TSLX
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital include Ares Capital (ARCC), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blue Owl Capital vs. Its Competitors
Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 38.29%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ares Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ares Capital and 8 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ares Capital's score of 0.49 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. 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. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% 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. Blue Owl Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $15.42, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 12.10%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Ares Capital.
Summary
Ares Capital beats Blue Owl Capital on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:OBDC) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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