Reviewing Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE) & The Competition

Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) is one of 659 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Blue Owl Capital Co. III to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

54.1% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 90.8% of Blue Owl Capital Co. III shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its peers’ 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	-15.94%	-43.66%	0.84%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Blue Owl Capital Co. III and its peers, 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	126	559	857	14	2.49

Blue Owl Capital Co. III currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 72.56%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. 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 peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital Co. III	$296.00 million	$271.96 million	7.05
Blue Owl Capital Co. III Competitors	$1.20 billion	$91.67 million	62.19

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

Summary

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

About Blue Owl Capital Co. III

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.