OBDC vs. DNP, ADX, PTY, GAB, OXLC, NUV, RVT, STEW, BCAT, and CET
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Blue Owl Capital vs. Its Competitors
DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 10.0%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 95.5% 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 raised 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.
In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 2 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 1.52 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.64, indicating a potential upside of 5.45%. 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.
DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.
Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 39.42% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.72% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.
Summary
Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OBDC) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff