Blue Owl Adds $12.6 Billion in New Capital Commitments in Third Quarter
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Blue Owl Capital reported on October 29 results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, saying it raised $12.6 billion in new capital commitments during the quarter. The inflows lifted the company’s total fundraising over the 12 months to $48.8 billion, according to a Reuters report carried by MarketScreener. In its statement, the company said assets under management reached $330 billion on September 30, a record level, according to Reuters. The announcement came as markets watched private credit firms’ ability to continue attracting capital and generating returns from their investments. The available materials did not document the two figures in the draft for net income and revenue, so they are not included in this account.
The company said the quarter saw record institutional capital raising, with growth spread across a broader range of strategies, investors and geographies. The co-chief executives added that raising nearly $50 billion over the previous 12 months reflected continued investor support and confidence in the company’s investment approach. The figure published in the Reuters report, $48.8 billion for the same period, represents total funding over the 12 months ended in the third quarter. These figures show that the quarter’s $12.6 billion haul came as part of a year-long fundraising trajectory. Blue Owl operates through three multi-strategy platforms: credit, real assets and alternative capital solutions for asset managers.
According to Reuters, total equity fundraising reached $10.2 billion in the third quarter, including $5.6 billion through the credit platform and $4 billion through the real assets platform. In credit, direct loan originations reached $5.2 billion during the quarter, while capital deployment fell by $300 million. On earnings, adjusted distributable earnings rose to 24 cents per share in the three months ended September 30, from 22 cents in the year-earlier period. The result exceeded analysts’ estimate of 23 cents per share, according to the report. It attributed the earnings beat to higher fee-related earnings alongside record assets under management.
The company’s shares rose about 5% in premarket trading after the results announcement, according to Reuters. The report said the stock had fallen about 35% since the start of the year through October 29, becoming a gauge of investor concern about the private credit sector. It added that the company had sought to distinguish itself from the sector after turmoil earlier in the year affected its shares. At the same time, investors have scrutinized returns on data center and artificial intelligence infrastructure investments more closely, amid questions about whether returns will cover the scale of spending. These concerns stem from capital-intensive investments whose ability to generate sufficient returns investors are monitoring, according to the report.
Blue Owl declared a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per Class A share, payable on November 23, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 10. The company held its quarterly results investor call via a public webcast on October 29 at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time. The company has about 1,430 specialized employees worldwide, according to its statement. The parent company is listed under the ticker OWL, while OBDC is a separate listed investment entity within the Blue Owl ecosystem. Therefore, OBDC prices cited in the draft do not represent the parent company’s share price, and no verified data was available here to confirm OWL’s closing price or trading range.