Head to Head Comparison: Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) versus MGT Capital Investments (OTCMKTS:MGTI)

MGT Capital Investments (OTCMKTS:MGTI) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares MGT Capital Investments and Blue Owl Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MGT Capital Investments	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	36.89%	10.76%	4.63%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for MGT Capital Investments and Blue Owl Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MGT Capital Investments	0	0	0	0	0.00
Blue Owl Capital	1	2	5	2	2.80

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $14.94, indicating a potential upside of 23.20%. Given Blue Owl Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than MGT Capital Investments.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MGT Capital Investments and Blue Owl Capital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MGT Capital Investments	$400,000.00	1.09	-$6.13 million	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60 billion	3.88	$741.06 million	$1.51	8.03

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MGT Capital Investments.

Volatility and Risk

MGT Capital Investments has a beta of 2.92, meaning that its stock price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of MGT Capital Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats MGT Capital Investments on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MGT Capital Investments

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. engages in cryptocurrency mining business in the United States. The company owns and manages a bitcoin mining facility in LaFayette, Georgia. It also leases space to third parties and self-mining operations; and provides hosting services for third-party owners of miners. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Georgia.

About Blue Owl Capital

Blue Owl Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in direct and fund of fund investments. The fund makes investments in senior secured, direct lending or unsecured loans, subordinated loans or mezzanine loans and also considers equity-related securities including warrants and preferred stocks also pursues preferred equity investments, first lien, unitranche, and second lien term loans and common equity investments. Within private equity, it seeks to invest in growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, refinancings and recapitalizations. It seeks to invest in middle market and upper middle market companies based in the United States, with EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million annually and/or annual revenue of $50 million and $2.5 billion at the time of investment. It seeks to invest in investments with maturities typically between three and ten years. It seeks to make investments generally ranging in size between $20 million and $250 million.