Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, PTY or OBDC?

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
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.83	$741.06M	$1.55	9.74

Which has more risk & volatility, PTY or OBDC?

Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PTY or OBDC?

10.3% of Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Is PTY or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 39.42% compared to Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.72% beat Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	39.42%	11.72%	4.99%

Is PTY or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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 analysts rate PTY or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.64, indicating a potential upside of 3.66%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer PTY or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 11 more articles in the media than Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 0 mentions for Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Neutral
Blue Owl Capital	Very Positive

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.