OWL (Blue Owl Capital) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc OWL
73 GF Score
Price $10.02
GF Value $17.74
Valuation Possible Value Trap
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What is Blue Owl Capital Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Blue Owl Capital's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $0 Mil. Blue Owl Capital's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $4,345 Mil. Blue Owl Capital's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $848 Mil. Blue Owl Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 5.12.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Blue Owl Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OWL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.14   Med: 3.3   Max: 6.92
Current: 4.62

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Blue Owl Capital was 6.92. The lowest was -6.14. And the median was 3.30.

OWL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.19% of 377 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.33 vs OWL: 4.62

Blue Owl Capital  (NYSE:OWL) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Blue Owl Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Blue Owl Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Blue Owl Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Blue Owl Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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OWL vs TPG, MAAS, VCTR: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Blue Owl Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Blue Owl Capital Debt-to-EBITDA vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Blue Owl Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Owl Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Blue Owl Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Blue Owl Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3862.573) / 894.064
=4.32

Blue Owl Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 4344.548) / 848.012
=5.12

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Blue Owl Capital (OWL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Blue Owl Capital stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $10.02 is trading 43.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $17.74. GuruFocus considers Blue Owl Capital to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for OWL:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $17.74 vs. price of $10.02 (43.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 73/100 with 8 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the OWL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Blue Owl Capital Business Description

Other Exchanges OWL:Mexico1OWL:Italy
Address 399 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Blue Owl Capital is one of the world's largest alternative-asset managers, $307.4 billion in total managed assets, including $187.7 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of 2025. The company has three core business segments: global private equity, (with $69.1 billion in total AUM and $39.5 billion in fee-earning AUM), private credit ($157.7 billion/$99.5 billion), and real estate/real assets ($80.6 billion/$48.7 billion). The firm primarily serves institutional investors (68% of AUM) and high-net-worth individuals (32%). Blue Owl operates through more than 20 offices in the Americas, and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.
73GF Score

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