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

Is OBDC or PTY more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by 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 earnings and valuation, 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	$1.60B	4.17	$741.06M	$1.51	8.63
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 11.4%. Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Blue Owl Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate OBDC or PTY?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $15.21, indicating a potential upside of 16.72%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer OBDC or PTY?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 20 more articles in the media than Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 1 mentions for Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.05 indicating that Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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