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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $149.47, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $23.81, suggesting a potential upside of 23.44%. Given Blue Owl Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
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. 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.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 14.75% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 3.73%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 19.74% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 38 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 7 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.04 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blue Owl Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OWL) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
