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Blue Owl Capital Inc. (OWL) Stock Price & Analysis

Market: NYSE • Sector: Financial Services • Industry: Asset Management

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (OWL) Profile & Business Summary

Blue Owl Capital Inc. operates as an asset manager. It offers permanent capital base solutions that enables it to offer a holistic platform to middle market companies, large alternative asset managers, and corporate real estate owners and tenants. The company provides direct lending products that offer private credit products comprising diversified, technology, first lien, and opportunistic lending to middle-market companies; GP capital solutions products, which offers capital solutions, including GP minority equity investments, GP debt financing, and professional sports minority investments to large private capital managers; and real estate products that focuses on structuring sale-leaseback transactions, which includes triple net leases. It offers its solutions through permanent capital vehicles, as well as long-dated private funds. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Information

Ticker OWL
Leadership Douglas Irving Ostrover
Exchange NYSE
Official Site https://www.blueowl.com
CIK Number 0001823945
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Market Trend Overview for OWL

One model, two time views: what the market looks like right now, and where the larger trend is heading over time.

Current Market Context (Short-Term)

As of 2026-02-06 (ET), OWL is moving lower. Price at 12.52 is moving between support near 11.42 and resistance near 15.01. There is no clear direction right now. View Support & Resistance from Options

Why the market looks this way?

Over the past several sessions, prices have mostly moved lower. The broader weekly trend is also pointing down. This suggests sellers remain in control, and buying carries higher risk right now.

Longer-Term Market Trend (Mid to Long Term)

Shows the bigger market trend, how strong it is, and where risks may start to build over the next few weeks or months. — Updated as of 2026-02-06 (ET)

As of 2026-02-06, OWL is moving sideways without a clear direction. Over the longer term, the trend remains bearish.

OWL last closed at 12.52. The price is about 0.2 ATR above its recent average price (12.43), and the market is currently in a sideways market without a clear direction.

The market is moving sideways, with no clear direction. Both upside and downside risks remain in play.

Trend Alignment Summary

Trend score: 35 out of 100. Overall alignment is unclear. The market is currently in a sideways market without a clear direction. The longer-term trend is still negative, but short-term signals are not yet confirming it.

Key Risk Level

There is no clear risk level acting as a key boundary right now.

Recent Trend Signal

On 2025-12-12, trend conditions deteriorated, suggesting that moves in the prior direction became less dependable.

Unusual Price Movement

[2026-02-05] Trading activity was heavy, but price made little progress.

Recent Price Behavior

Recent bars show repeated high-effort moves with limited net progress, indicating active absorption. This suggests growing structural resistance and reduced efficiency in the current direction.

Overnight Positioning

Closing activity showed limited conviction and did not suggest strong overnight positioning.

Short Interest & Covering Risk for OWL

This analysis looks at overall short interest positioning, focusing on the broader setup rather than short-term noise.

Squeeze Score 0.58

Shows how likely a short squeeze may be under current market conditions.

Key Market Risk Indicators
Short Crowding (Short Interest / Float) 12.65%
Short Positions Trend Not Increasing
Liquidity Trend (Average Daily Volume) -27.01%
20-Day Return -20.66%
Price vs 20-Day High Below Recent Highs

Short Exposure Percentile

Short interest is relatively low, indicating limited pressure from short positions. (Historical percentile: 14%)

Structure Analysis

OWL Short positioning is starting to look crowded. Current days to cover is 7.7 trading days, meaning short positions would unwind somewhat slower than average. Short covering is likely to have a normal impact on price moves.

Bull Trap Structural Risk

Risk Summary

No clear bull trap characteristics detected. Recent price behavior remains broadly consistent with current positioning.This reading helps confirm that current price action remains structurally healthy and does not indicate elevated trap risk.

Why Price Reactions May Be Stronger?

Average trading volume is weakening, indicating contracting liquidity. As a result, similar news or market events could lead to price moves about 2× larger than usual.

Note: Short interest data is reported every two weeks by FINRA. The most recent snapshot is 2026-01-15 (ET).
Because this data updates slowly, it is not intended to predict short-term price moves. Instead, it helps describe longer-term market structure and where pressure may be building if prices begin to move.

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