SRH Total Return Fund (STEW) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Is OBDC or STEW a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 institutionals and insiders believe in OBDC or STEW?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OBDC or STEW?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus price target of $15.21, suggesting a potential upside of 25.43%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than SRH Total Return Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
SRH Total Return 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 STEW?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 6 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 1.01 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SRH Total Return Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is OBDC or STEW more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to SRH Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat SRH Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.24%	4.82%
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OBDC or STEW?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than SRH Total Return Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	3.88	$741.06M	$1.51	8.03
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, OBDC or STEW?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats SRH Total Return Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.