Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) Shares Gap Down – What’s Next?

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) gapped down before the market opened on Thursday . The stock had previously closed at $9.02, but opened at $8.58. Blue Owl Capital shares last traded at $8.9050, with a volume of 9,370,613 shares trading hands.

Key Blue Owl Capital News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Blue Owl is shifting into digital infrastructure and targeting wealth-channel and embedded deployment to convert AI/infrastructure exposure into recurring fee growth, which could support long-term revenue visibility. Blue Owl’s Digital Infrastructure Bet and the Next Phase for OWL
• Positive Sentiment: Blue Owl and Blackstone took a minority stake in U.S. PE firm Atlas — a strategic partnership that can expand deal flow and fee opportunities in private markets. Blackstone, Blue Owl Take Minority Stake In U.S. Private Equity Firm Atlas
• Neutral Sentiment: OWL’s valuation and payout profile (about 9.24x forward EPS and a 22.5¢ dividend) make it look cheap on multiples, but investors debate whether that’s justified given execution and liquidity risks. Should You Sell OWL Stock at 9.24X Earnings and a 22.5-Cent Dividend?
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually high options volume points to elevated short-term trading activity and hedging interest; this can amplify moves but is not directional by itself. Blue Owl Capital Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSE:OWL)
• Negative Sentiment: Major concern: an investment fund (Glendon) publicly questioned valuations in Blue Owl’s private credit portfolio, reported by the FT, triggering investor worries about mark accuracy and potential write‑downs. Investment fund questions valuations in Blue Owl’s private credit portfolio
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks and Seeking Alpha coverage tie the stock’s recent slump to private-credit liquidity fears, fee timing uncertainty and borrower-quality worries—factors that pressure investor sentiment and can suppress the multiple. OWL Stock Slump Explained as Liquidity Fears Meet Fee Visibility Blue Owl private credit valuations questioned by Glendon: FT
• Negative Sentiment: Broad weakness in private-equity/alternative asset stocks (many down sharply recently) is amplifying outflows and sentiment-driven selling for OWL. Private equity stocks down 30-40% in three months, bigger worry than geopolitical risk

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

OWL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Citigroup reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $24.00 to $17.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Blue Owl Capital from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $18.00.

Blue Owl Capital Trading Down 2.5%

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $13.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $15.24. The company has a market cap of $13.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 88.69, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.15.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $701.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $712.75 million. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 20.93% and a net margin of 2.75%. On average, analysts predict that Blue Owl Capital Inc. will post 0.92 EPS for the current year.

Blue Owl Capital Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 20th were given a dividend of $0.225 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 20th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.2%. Blue Owl Capital’s payout ratio is presently 900.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Blue Owl Capital

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Arax Advisory Partners purchased a new stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Roxbury Financial LLC increased its stake in Blue Owl Capital by 383.6% during the fourth quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC now owns 1,765 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 1,400 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank acquired a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its holdings 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 during the period. Finally, Lavaca Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. 35.85% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.