Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) is one of 644 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Blue Owl Capital Co. III to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

54.5% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	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	125	557	818	14	2.48

Blue Owl Capital Co. III currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.03%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 98.33%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its competitors’ 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	23.05%	-52.86%	3.61%

Dividends

Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. 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 6.7% and pay out 63.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$422.83 million	$271.96 million	7.05
Blue Owl Capital Co. III Competitors	$1.44 billion	$105.14 million	60.41

Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s competitors 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 competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital Co. III beats its competitors on 8 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.