Blue Owl Capital (OWL) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OWL or CG?

35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.4% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OWL or CG?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus price target of $24.02, suggesting a potential upside of 17.55%. Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $57.73, suggesting a potential downside of 4.69%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Carlyle Group	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Is OWL or CG more profitable?

Carlyle Group has a net margin of 19.00% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 3.73%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	3.73%	19.74%	10.54%
Carlyle Group	19.00%	23.78%	6.40%

Does the media favor OWL or CG?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital and Blue Owl Capital both had 16 articles in the media. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OWL or CG?

Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Owl Capital, 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
Blue Owl Capital	$2.30B	13.69	$109.58M	$0.13	157.18
Carlyle Group	$3.47B	6.30	$1.02B	$2.95	20.53

Is OWL or CG a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 692.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, OWL or CG?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Carlyle Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.