Key Takeaways
- • Blue Owl Capital bought back $90 million of shares across its business development companies (BDCs) to support valuations and shore up investor confidence in two of its private credit funds.
- • Blue Owl Capital Corp., the firm's main publicly traded private credit vehicle, reported quarter-over-quarter growth in net investment income per share to 36 cents.
- • Leverage at Blue Owl Capital Corp. hit a two-year low, according to the company's statement.
- • The firm said borrower fundamentals remain strong, even as anxiety over AI-related disruption to the industry appears to be easing.
Summary
Blue Owl Capital Inc. moved to reinforce confidence in two of its private credit funds, announcing share buybacks totaling $90 million, according to Bloomberg. The repurchases are aimed at supporting the value of the vehicles amid investor concern that artificial intelligence could disrupt the sectors served by private credit borrowers.
The firm's main publicly traded private credit vehicle, Blue Owl Capital Corp., reported quarter-over-quarter growth in net investment income per share to 36 cents. The company also said leverage reached a two-year low, a development that management highlighted in a statement accompanying the buyback announcement.
Blue Owl stressed that borrower fundamentals remain strong. The firm characterized the AI-driven anxiety that has weighed on the industry as abating, though the article does not quantify the scale of the sell-off or the valuation discounts that prompted the repurchases.
The article was updated on August 6, 2026, but the available text does not include further detail on the timing of the buybacks or the specific funds beyond Blue Owl Capital Corp.
The firm's main publicly traded private credit vehicle, Blue Owl Capital Corp., reported quarter-over-quarter growth in net investment income per share to 36 cents. The company also said leverage reached a two-year low, a development that management highlighted in a statement accompanying the buyback announcement.
Blue Owl stressed that borrower fundamentals remain strong. The firm characterized the AI-driven anxiety that has weighed on the industry as abating, though the article does not quantify the scale of the sell-off or the valuation discounts that prompted the repurchases.
The article was updated on August 6, 2026, but the available text does not include further detail on the timing of the buybacks or the specific funds beyond Blue Owl Capital Corp.
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