Blue Owl Capital Inc.·Financial Services

April net investment activity reached a multi-year low as rising stock valuations and BDC sector weakness prompted a cautious approach and selective BDC purchases. Focused April allocations on Ares Capital, Blue Owl Capital, and Hercules Capital, yielding a 7.5% average on new investments despite sector headwinds. Dividend income set a modest April record at $990, up 3% year-over-year, with BDCs contributing 27% of Q2 year-to-date dividends but facing potential further cuts.

Blue Owl Capital Inc. is trading near 52-week lows, yet recent quarterly results show robust fee-related and distributable earnings growth. OWL's fee structure, driven by AUM-based management fees, insulates it from BDC-specific credit headwinds and dividend cuts impacting OBDC shareholders. The SpaceX stake provides a significant performance income hedge, with realized and potential mark-ups offering incremental distributable earnings upside.

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Blue Owl Capital Inc. operates as an asset manager. It offers permanent capital base solutions that enables it to offer a holistic platform to middle market companies, large alternative asset managers, and corporate real estate owners and tenants. The company provides direct lending products that offer private credit products comprising diversified, technology, first lien, and opportunistic lending to middle-market companies; GP capital solutions products, which offers capital solutions, including GP minority equity investments, GP debt financing, and professional sports minority investments to large private capital managers; and real estate products that focuses on structuring sale-leaseback transactions, which includes triple net leases. It offers its solutions through permanent capital vehicles, as well as long-dated private funds. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Financial Services
Asset Management
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2020-12-14
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