Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Blue Owl Capital (OWL)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Blue Owl Capital (NYSE: OWL):

• 1/17/2025 – Blue Owl Capital had its price target raised by analysts at Evercore ISI from $25.00 to $26.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Blue Owl Capital was upgraded by analysts at TD Cowen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $28.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $26.00.
• 1/14/2025 – Blue Owl Capital had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $25.00 to $24.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – Blue Owl Capital was downgraded by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $24.75 price target on the stock, down previously from $25.00.
• 12/23/2024 – Blue Owl Capital had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $25.00 to $27.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 12/20/2024 – Blue Owl Capital had its price target raised by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $22.00 to $26.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 12/12/2024 – Blue Owl Capital had its price target raised by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. from $24.00 to $28.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 12/12/2024 – Blue Owl Capital had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $23.00 to $25.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 12/4/2024 – Blue Owl Capital had its “market outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JMP Securities. They now have a $27.00 price target on the stock.

Blue Owl Capital Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of NYSE:OWL traded up $0.22 on Tuesday, reaching $24.50. 5,493,623 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,546,323. Blue Owl Capital Inc. has a 1-year low of $15.18 and a 1-year high of $25.03. The firm has a market cap of $36.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 144.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a 50-day moving average of $23.54 and a 200-day moving average of $20.75.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.20. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 19.98% and a net margin of 4.95%. The company had revenue of $600.88 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $565.93 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that Blue Owl Capital Inc. will post 0.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Blue Owl Capital Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, November 11th were given a dividend of $0.18 per share. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 11th. Blue Owl Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 423.55%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in OWL. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 17.9% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 9,030,397 shares of the company’s stock worth $174,829,000 after purchasing an additional 1,372,865 shares in the last quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP boosted its holdings in Blue Owl Capital by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP now owns 6,736,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $130,415,000 after acquiring an additional 293,221 shares during the period. Barclays PLC grew its position in Blue Owl Capital by 13.7% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,571,806 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,430,000 after acquiring an additional 189,082 shares in the last quarter. Capital CS Group LLC acquired a new stake in Blue Owl Capital in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $620,000. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 41.8% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 308,465 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,972,000 after purchasing an additional 90,998 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 35.85% of the company’s stock.

Blue Owl Capital Inc operates as an asset manager in the United States. The company offers permanent capital base solutions that enables it to offer holistic framework of capital solutions to middle market companies, large alternative asset managers, and corporate real estate owners and tenants. It also provides direct lending products that offer private credit products comprising diversified, technology, first lien, and opportunistic lending to middle-market companies; liquid credit; GP strategic capital products, which offers capital solutions, including GP minority stakes, GP debt financing, and professional sports minority stakes; and real estate products that focuses on acquiring triple net lease real estate by investment grade or creditworthy tenants.