Blue Owl Capital
Blue Owl Capital's revenue rose 25.0% to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 2.8%, down from 4.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.2 billion, up 28.1%. It paid out $600 million in dividends and buybacks, 50% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 18.5%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
What Blue Owl Capital does
Blue Owl is an alternative asset manager. It invests private capital for institutional and private wealth clients, and it manages $307.4 billion in assets. Its work falls into three platforms: Credit, Real Assets and GP Strategic Capital. It has about 1,365 employees worldwide.
Credit makes loans to companies. Real Assets owns and finances property, including net lease real estate and digital infrastructure. GP Strategic Capital takes stakes in other private capital managers. Blue Owl earns fees for managing client money. Much of its capital is "permanent capital," which it describes as funds that stay invested for long periods. It also holds minority stakes in professional sports teams.
Blue Owl formed in May 2021 from the combination of Owl Rock and Dyal Capital. It has since bought Oak Street, Wellfleet, Atalaya and other firms to add real estate, loan and insurance-related products.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Weak markets and geopolitics that cut the value or performance of the investments it manages.
- Not raising new funds and products, which its growth depends on.
- Intense competition in the investment management business.
- Use of leverage in its products, and how its assets are valued.
- Investors asking to redeem or sell shares in its products at once.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2023 to 2025, earnings per share grew 0.0% a year and net income 20.5% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 38% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Blue Owl Capital yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Blue Owl Capital's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Blue Owl Capital's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $1.2B, net cash of −$3.1B at December 31, 2025 and 662 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Blue Owl Capital: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 28.0% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 11%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Asset Management & Custody Banks), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $6.4B, plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2022); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $9.34
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Blue Owl Capital's earnings per share of $0.12 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 15.8×, the middle of Blue Owl Capital's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 12%, 11% and 10%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $9.34
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Blue Owl Capital's P/E at the last close
- 77.8×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Owl CapitalOWL | $9.34 | $0.12 | 77.8× |
| TPGTPG | $44.82 | $0.67 | 66.9× |
| SEI InvestmentsSEIC | $103.34 | $5.75 | 18.0× |
| Affiliated Managers GroupAMG | $390.97 | $28.57 | 13.7× |
| Federated HermesFHI | $56.93 | $5.37 | 10.6× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 43 | 68 | 104 | 152 | 194 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,174 | 1,625 | 1,681 | 2,588 | 3,324 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1,132 | 1,557 | 1,577 | 2,436 | 3,130 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 5.8x | 2.5x | 2.8x | 3.5x |
| Debt to equity | 0.7x | 1.0x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.5x |
| Interest coverage | −66.5x | 0.2x | 4.2x | 4.8x | 3.1x |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 4 insiders bought $7.1 million of Blue Owl Capital shares on the open market, and none sold any.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2025 | Douglas I OstroverCo-Chief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 139,327 | $15.06 | $2.1 million | Form 4 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Marc S LipschultzCo-Chief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 139,326 | $15.06 | $2.1 million | Form 4 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Craig PackerCo-President, Director | Bought | 110,227 | $15.06 | $1.7 million | Form 4 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Alan KirshenbaumChief Financial Officer | Bought | 33,670 | $14.87 | $500,673 | Form 4 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Marc S LipschultzCo-Chief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 18,674 | $15.06 | $281,230 | Form 4 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Douglas I OstroverCo-Chief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 18,673 | $15.06 | $281,215 | Form 4 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Craig PackerCo-President, Director | Bought | 14,773 | $15.06 | $222,481 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | — | — | — |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −10.1% | −9.0% | −10.0% |
Compare
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
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| Blue Owl Capital | FY25 | 25.0% | — | 41.8% | 5.2% | 3.5x | — | |
| SEI Investments | FY25 | 8.1% | 27.3% | 25.5% | — | — | — | Compare |
| Affiliated Managers Group | FY25 | 1.6% | — | 46.6% | 16.5% | — | — | Compare |
| Federated Hermes | FY25 | 10.3% | 28.5% | 16.4% | 40.9% | −0.4x | 7 | Compare |
| TPG | FY25 | 33.4% | — | — | 15.2% | 1.0x | — | Compare |
7 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | 191 | 250 | 824 | 1,370 | 1,732 | 2,295 | 2,870 |
| Revenue growth | — | 30.9% | 229.8% | 66.2% | 26.4% | 32.6% | 25.0% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 23 | −78 | −376 | −9 | 54 | 110 | 79 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | — | — | — | −0.02 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | — | — | — | 433 | 478 | 558 | 662 |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | 44 | 5 | 282 | 728 | 949 | 1,000 | 1,256 |
| Capital expenditure | 1 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 58 |
| Free cash flow | 43 | 5 | 276 | 663 | 881 | 935 | 1,198 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 47 | 182 | 248 | 368 | 547 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 1,579 | 114 | 26 | 445 | 245 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0 | 0 | 1,205 | 421 | 313 | 313 | 674 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 7 | 12 | 43 | 68 | 104 | 152 | 194 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 356 | 1,174 | 1,625 | 1,681 | 2,588 | 3,324 |
| Total assets | — | 122 | 8,266 | 8,893 | 8,818 | 10,992 | 12,468 |
| Total liabilities | — | 623 | 2,419 | 3,344 | 3,540 | 5,186 | 6,414 |
| Shareholders' equity | −350 | 5 | 1,664 | 1,605 | 1,528 | 2,128 | 2,205 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 12.0% | −31.2% | −45.7% | −0.7% | 3.1% | 4.8% | 2.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 22.5% | 1.8% | 33.5% | 48.4% | 50.9% | 40.8% | 41.8% |
| Return on capital | — | — | −42.6% | 0.1% | 4.1% | 7.0% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −45.1% | −0.6% | 3.5% | 6.0% | 3.6% |
| Return on assets | — | — | −9.0% | −0.1% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | 5.8x | 2.5x | 2.8x | 3.5x |