Blue Owl Capital Inc. $OWL Position Reduced by Stephens Inc. AR

Stephens Inc. AR trimmed its position in Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) by 26.8% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 345,595 shares of the company’s stock after selling 126,435 shares during the quarter. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Blue Owl Capital were worth $3,155,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Arax Advisory Partners acquired a new stake in Blue Owl Capital during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Roxbury Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 383.6% in 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 during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank bought a new position in shares of Blue Owl Capital in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Lavaca Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Blue Owl Capital during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Blue Owl Capital by 83.5% in the 4th quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 910 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 35.85% of the company’s stock.

Blue Owl Capital News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Funds managed by Blue Owl completed the acquisition of a portfolio of 12 acute-care hospitals operated by Spire Healthcare in the UK, a large real-asset transaction that expands its European net lease strategy and adds long-term leased healthcare assets. Funds Managed by Blue Owl Capital Complete Acquisition of Spire Healthcare Portfolio
• Positive Sentiment: Blue Owl also launched Kirkwood Infrastructure Group, a new digital infrastructure venture aimed at building conduit and fiber networks to support hyperscale data centers and next-generation connectivity, which could benefit from strong secular demand in AI and cloud infrastructure. Funds Managed by Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Strategy Launch Kirkwood Infrastructure Group
• Positive Sentiment: Additional reports said Blue Owl is building out a U.S. digital infrastructure platform to capitalize on growing data center demand, reinforcing investor interest in its fee-generating alternatives and infrastructure businesses. Blue Owl launches U.S. digital infrastructure venture to tap data center demand
• Neutral Sentiment: Separate coverage also noted Blue Owl’s purchase of UK private hospital assets for about £1.3 billion / RM7 billion, underscoring continued deployment of capital into real assets, though the broader earnings impact is still unclear. Blue Owl buys RM7bil UK private hospital assets

Blue Owl Capital Price Performance

Shares of OWL stock opened at $9.24 on Thursday. Blue Owl Capital Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $7.95 and a fifty-two week high of $21.08. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $9.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.06. The firm has a market cap of $14.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 77.03, a PEG ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.22.

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19. The firm had revenue of $699.88 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $687.23 million. Blue Owl Capital had a return on equity of 21.97% and a net margin of 2.96%. As a group, research analysts expect that Blue Owl Capital Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current year.

Blue Owl Capital Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th were issued a dividend of $0.23 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.0%. This is an increase from Blue Owl Capital’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Blue Owl Capital’s payout ratio is 766.67%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on OWL shares. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital from $15.00 to $12.50 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Credit Suisse Group set a $9.10 price objective on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and set a $14.00 target price on shares of Blue Owl Capital in a research note on Monday, May 18th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on Blue Owl Capital from $15.00 to $11.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Blue Owl Capital from $19.00 to $10.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $13.71.

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.