Comparing Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) and Schroders (OTCMKTS:SHNWF)

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) and Schroders (OTCMKTS:SHNWF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.7% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Blue Owl Capital and Schroders”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$2.87 billion	5.25	$78.83 million	$0.12	80.75
Schroders	$4.29 billion	2.73	$711.73 million	N/A	N/A

Schroders has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Blue Owl Capital and Schroders, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0	7	7	1	2.60
Schroders	1	4	0	0	1.80

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus target price of $14.04, indicating a potential upside of 44.85%. Given Blue Owl Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Schroders.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Owl Capital and Schroders’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	2.96%	21.97%	10.79%
Schroders	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Schroders on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Blue Owl Capital

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. It offers its solutions through permanent capital vehicles, as well as long-dated private funds. Blue Owl Capital Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Schroders

Schroders plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm also provides advisory and consultancy services. It provides its services to financial institutions, high net worth clients, large corporate, local authority, charitable entities, individuals, pension plans, government funds, insurance companies, and endowments. The firm launches and manages equity mutual funds and manages fixed income mutual funds for its clients. It also manages hedge for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets across the globe. The firm’s alternative investments include real estate markets, emerging market debt, commodities and agriculture funds, funds of hedge funds and private equity funds of funds. It conducts an in-house research to make its investments. The company was formerly known as New Schroders plc and changed its name to Schroders plc in April 2000. Schroders plc was founded on 1804 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.