Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT) Competitors

Royce Small-Cap Trust (NYSE:RVT) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend RVT or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.42, indicating a potential upside of 21.70%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Royce Small-Cap Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royce Small-Cap Trust	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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Which has more volatility & risk, RVT or OBDC?

Royce Small-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RVT or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Royce Small-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 5 mentions for Royce Small-Cap Trust. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's score of 0.95 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royce Small-Cap Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RVT or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Royce Small-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. 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 raised 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 institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RVT or OBDC?

25.6% of Royce Small-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Small-Cap Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RVT or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Royce Small-Cap Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royce Small-Cap Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RVT or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Small-Cap Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royce Small-Cap Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.05	$741.06M	$1.51	8.39

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Royce Small-Cap Trust on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.