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

Do analysts prefer RVT or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $15.42, suggesting a potential upside of 8.95%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RVT or OBDC?

Royce Small-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$743.36M	9.73	$741.06M	$1.51	9.37

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%

Is RVT or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Royce Small-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. 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.

Does the media prefer RVT or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Royce Small-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for Royce Small-Cap Trust. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's score of 0.94 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	1 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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