OWL vs. KKR, BX, BAM, APO, HOOD, ARES, VICI, TPL, CBOE, and TPG
Should you be buying Blue Owl Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Owl Capital include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Apollo Global Management (APO), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Ares Management (ARES), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Blue Owl Capital vs. Its Competitors
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 670 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote while only 63.00% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. KKR & Co. Inc. 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.
KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus price target of $149.43, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $23.40, suggesting a potential upside of 22.15%. Given Blue Owl Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 31 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 6 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.37 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. KKR & Co. Inc. has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Blue Owl Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.77%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 20.82% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blue Owl Capital on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OWL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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