Traders Buy High Volume of Blue Owl Capital Call Options (NYSE:OWL)

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) saw unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock traders acquired 75,130 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 53% compared to the average volume of 49,185 call options.

Key Headlines Impacting Blue Owl Capital

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

• Positive Sentiment: Pimco bought the full $400M of bonds sold by Blue Owl’s BDC, a strong institutional vote of confidence that helps stabilize funding and reduce near?term liquidity risk. Pimco Buys All $400 Million of Bonds Sold by Blue Owl BDC
• Positive Sentiment: Blue Owl acquired a stake in financial?services manager BlackFin, signaling active portfolio deployment and growth initiatives that can broaden fee revenue over time. Blue Owl snaps up stake in financial-services manager BlackFin
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually large call?option activity (75,130 calls, ~+53% vs. normal) points to short?term bullish positioning by traders/speculators. This can amplify intraday upside if sentiment shifts. Blue Owl Capital Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSE:OWL)
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish commentary from analysts/investors argues current negative sentiment on private credit is overblown and highlights Blue Owl’s diversified AUM and insider alignment as reasons to expect future resilience and AUM growth. Blue Owl Capital: Don’t Believe The (Negative) Hype
• Neutral Sentiment: A deeper valuation/ downside analysis piece offers math on what a “fair” downside might look like — useful for longer?term investors but not an immediate price driver. Blue Owl Capital: The Math On What’s A Fair Downside
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry coverage (TPG/alternatives) provides context that the alternatives sector faces mix of secular growth and rate?sensitive near?term pressure — relevant background but not OWL?specific news. TPG Built a Record Year, Then Lost 40%—Is the Selloff Overdone?
• Negative Sentiment: Oppenheimer cut its price target on OWL to $16.00, signaling analyst concern and adding downward pressure on sentiment. Oppenheimer Lowers Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) Price Target to $16.00
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage repeatedly highlights a broader private?credit selloff; even though Pimco bought bonds, the selloff is the root cause of the stock’s decline today and keeps volatility elevated. Pimco buys $400M in Blue Owl bonds amid private credit selloff

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on OWL. Evercore set a $14.00 price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Citizens Jmp lowered their price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Wolfe Research set a $20.00 price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Finally, Citigroup restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $15.97.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of OWL. Arax Advisory Partners acquired a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Roxbury Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 383.6% during the 4th quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC now owns 1,765 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 1,400 shares in the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank acquired a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its position in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 117.0% during the 3rd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 867 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lavaca Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 35.85% of the company’s stock.

Blue Owl Capital Stock Performance

Shares of OWL opened at $9.66 on Friday. Blue Owl Capital has a 52 week low of $7.95 and a 52 week high of $21.08. The firm has a market cap of $15.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 96.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $9.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $13.55.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.05. Blue Owl Capital had a net margin of 2.75% and a return on equity of 20.93%. The business had revenue of $701.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $712.75 million. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Blue Owl Capital will post 0.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Blue Owl Capital Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 20th were paid a $0.225 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 20th. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.3%. Blue Owl Capital’s dividend payout ratio is 900.00%.

About Blue Owl Capital

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.