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

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 10.3%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. 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.

Does the media refer more to PTY or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 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 1.43 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 1.21 indicating that Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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%

Which has preferable 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	4.64	$741.06M	$1.55	9.35

Which has more volatility & risk, 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 analysts recommend PTY or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $15.64, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PTY or OBDC?

10.3% of Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.