Critical Comparison: Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE) vs. The Competition

Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) is one of 657 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Blue Owl Capital Co. III to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$422.83 million	$271.96 million	7.16
Blue Owl Capital Co. III Competitors	$1.23 billion	$94.96 million	62.07

Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Blue Owl Capital Co. III. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.4% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	0	0	1	0	3.00
Blue Owl Capital Co. III Competitors	116	550	847	14	2.50

Blue Owl Capital Co. III presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.54%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 72.33%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.8% and pay out 68.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	63.33%	13.62%	6.78%
Blue Owl Capital Co. III Competitors	-17.43%	-47.27%	0.72%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats its rivals on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

Blue Owl Capital Co. III Company Profile

Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company focused on lending to U.S. middle-market companies. Blue Owl Capital Corporation is based in NEW YORK.