PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus price target of $15.64, suggesting a potential upside of 5.98%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is OBDC or PTY more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OBDC or PTY a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OBDC or PTY?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$725.01M	10.40	$753.61M	$1.55	9.52
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.85	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor OBDC or PTY?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's score of 1.35 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBDC or PTY?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 100 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 24 66.67%	Underperform Votes 12 33.33%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.