Blue Owl Capital Inc. · OWL · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Blue Owl sustains fundraising momentum and maintains 2026 margin target

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: fundraising, diversified platforms, digital-infrastructure demand and dry powder support continued growth, while credit-fee dynamics, redemptions and software-lending risks temper confidence.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $16.15B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.19 Consensus $0.19
EPS surprise 0.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $699.9M Consensus $687.2M
Revenue surprise +1.8% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +9.8% Event window
SPY move +1.0% Same window
Abnormal move +8.8% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.4× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +5.4% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis emphasizes continued double-digit revenue and fee-related-earnings growth, $57 billion of fundraising over 12 months, approximately $30 billion of dry powder, and a maintained 58.5% 2026 FRE margin target. It also identifies new developments including the BOSE vehicle closing above target and an Amazon data-center campus partnership.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its outlook and remains on track for a 58.5% FRE margin target for 2026.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue and fee-related earnings grew double digits year over year in the supplied analysis.
  • Fundraising reached $57 billion over the prior 12 months, including $11 billion in the quarter.
  • Digital infrastructure and net-lease pipelines remain important growth areas, supported by roughly $30 billion of dry powder.

Management priorities

  • Deploy remaining dry powder across credit and real-asset opportunities
  • Close the Net Lease VI fund and launch the next digital infrastructure fund vintage
  • Continue fundraising for GP-led secondary and alternative credit vehicles

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
OWL EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.18 Q4 '23 actual $0.18, match Q1 '24 estimate $0.16 Q1 '24 actual $0.17, match Q2 '24 estimate $0.19 Q2 '24 actual $0.19, match Q3 '24 estimate $0.20 Q3 '24 actual $0.20, match Q2 '25 estimate $0.21 Q2 '25 actual $0.21, match Q3 '25 estimate $0.22 Q3 '25 actual $0.22, match Q4 '25 estimate $0.22 Q4 '25 actual $0.24, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.19 Q1 '26 actual $0.19, match Q2 '26 estimate $0.22 Q2 '26 actual $0.22, match Q3 '26 estimate $0.23 Q3 '26 actual $0.24, beat Q4 '26 estimate $0.24 Q1 '27 estimate $0.20 Q2 '27 estimate $0.25 Q3 '27 estimate $0.26
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy19 ratings
Bullish1157.9%
Neutral842.1%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$10.33Current
$9Low
$15.32Average
$27High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Nov 1, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 30, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainOct 30, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 30, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 30, 2026
BMO Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 27, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $10.33. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$12$10.41 +16.2%Oct 30, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$10$8.95 -3.2%Oct 1, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$17$9.6 +64.6%Sep 24, 2026
Capital One FinancialAnalyst unavailable$12$10.3 +16.2%Aug 3, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$10.5$10.3 +1.6%Aug 3, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Blue Owl Capital Inc., an asset management firm based in New York City, leverages a robust and permanent capital base to deliver a comprehensive suite of financial solutions. It serves a diverse clientele, including mid-sized businesses, leading alternative asset managers, and corporate real estate owners and tenants. The company's offerings encompass direct lending products, providing private credit options such as diversified, technology-focused, first lien, and opportunistic financing for middle-market companies. Additionally, it offers GP capital solutions, extending financial backing to major private capital managers through services like minority equity investments, GP debt financing, and stakes in professional sports organizations. Blue Owl also provides real estate-focused products, primarily involving the structuring of sale-leaseback transactions, often featuring triple net leases. These diverse solutions are made available through permanent capital vehicles and long-term private investment funds.

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-11-01T12:40:40.838512+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-11-01T12:40:40.835480+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-11-01. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.