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MetricOWLBLUE OWL CAPITAL INC.ARESAres Management CorpTROWPRICE T ROWE GROUP INCPSPERSHING SQUARE INC.Median of the restexcluding OWL
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$9.71▲ 0.54 (5.89%)
$123.70▲ 6.69 (5.72%)
$103.29▲ 1.16 (1.14%)
$45.04▼ 1.74 (3.72%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/107.3/107.3/104.7/107.3/10
Market value$6.36B$40.86B$22.58B$18.02B
Revenue$2.87B$5.60B$7.31B$750.0M
Profit$78.8M$527.4M$2.09B-$210.1M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.25.0%44.2%3.1%64.7%44.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.———94.6%94.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.——29.9%-47.2%-8.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.2.7%9.4%28.5%-28.0%9.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.41.7%—20.2%-18.0%1.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.3.6%12.3%19.2%-12.3%12.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.——21.2%-14.5%3.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.80.65x77.47x10.82x—44.14x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—————
Price to book2.88x9.56x2.08x10.56x9.56x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.2.91x4.66x0.21x0.60x0.60x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/75/53/62/93.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How OWL compares with the others

  • OWL's profit margin of 2.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.4%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 25.0% against 44.2%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 80.7x against 44.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.9x against 0.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.