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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

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 4.9%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	12.49	$109.58M	$0.09	205.56
Carlyle Group	$5.43B	4.30	$1.02B	$3.42	18.88

Which has more volatility and risk, OWL or CG?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OWL or CG more profitable?

Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 2.88%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	2.88%	19.64%	10.38%
Carlyle Group	20.22%	23.60%	6.41%

Does the media prefer OWL or CG?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 14 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 1.11 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe 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. 27.2% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OWL or CG?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus target price of $24.02, indicating a potential upside of 29.84%. Carlyle Group has a consensus target price of $59.93, indicating a potential downside of 7.17%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Carlyle Group	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Blue Owl Capital and Carlyle Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.