Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) to Issue $0.23 Quarterly Dividend

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 13th will be given a dividend of 0.23 per share on Thursday, August 27th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th.

Blue Owl Capital has a payout ratio of 87.6% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings fall. Research analysts expect Blue Owl Capital to earn $0.99 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.92 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 92.9%.

Blue Owl Capital Stock Performance

NYSE:OWL opened at $10.15 on Friday. Blue Owl Capital has a one year low of $7.95 and a one year high of $20.58. The firm has a market cap of $15.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 84.58, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $9.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $10.39.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.22. The company had revenue of $693.56 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $693.15 million. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 21.97% and a net margin of 2.96%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Blue Owl Capital will post 0.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting Blue Owl Capital

Here are the key news stories impacting Blue Owl Capital this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Second-quarter earnings were broadly supportive: EPS was $0.22, matching consensus and rising from $0.21 a year earlier, while revenue of $693.56 million slightly exceeded the $693.15 million estimate. AUM reached approximately $319 billion. Blue Owl Capital second-quarter results
• Positive Sentiment: Management emphasized diversification across investment platforms and geographies. Real assets fundraising surpassed credit fundraising during the quarter, while data-center and artificial-intelligence-related financing—including a reported potential $5.9 billion loan for Stack—supports growth in an expanding alternative-investment niche. Blue Owl leans into real assets
• Positive Sentiment: Blue Owl declared a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share, payable August 27 to shareholders of record August 13. The distribution represents an annualized yield of roughly 9.1%, which may appeal to income-oriented investors. Blue Owl dividend announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Blue Owl also highlighted a $170 million investment in alternative-investment platform CAIS, which values CAIS above $2 billion. The deal could expand distribution capabilities, although its near-term financial impact on OWL is unclear. CAIS financing announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Fundraising fell 37% and private-credit fundraising reached its slowest pace in three years. Investors also continued withdrawing capital from some credit vehicles, raising concerns about fee growth and the durability of Blue Owl’s dividend coverage. Blue Owl private credit fundraising report
• Negative Sentiment: One analyst downgraded Blue Owl to Hold, citing dividend-coverage deterioration and pressure on net asset value, despite stable non-accruals and generally solid portfolio quality. Blue Owl rating downgrade

Blue Owl Capital Company Profile

Blue Owl Capital is a global alternative asset manager that focuses on private credit, direct lending and equity-related strategies for institutional investors. Headquartered in New York, the firm develops and manages a range of private markets products designed to provide capital solutions to middle-market and larger corporate borrowers, as well as liquidity and partnership arrangements with private equity firms and other alternative managers.

Its core activities include direct lending and credit strategies that provide senior, unitranche and other structured loan products to companies across industries.