Blackstone (BX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, infrastructure, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The firm considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It seeks to invest between $0.25 million and $900 million per transaction. It invests in companies with enterprise value between $500 million and $5000 million. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. Blackstone Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe, North America and Central America.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $175.16 to $181.15
• 50-Day Range: $135.65 to $177.97
• 52-Week Range: $115.66 to $200.96
• Volume: 7.59 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.00 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $129.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 53.61
• Dividend Yield: 2.09%
• Price Target: $162.18
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Blackstone Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blackstone scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 138th out of 921 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Blackstone has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Blackstone has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 21.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blackstone are expected to grow by 21.64% in the coming year, from $5.87 to $7.14 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blackstone is 53.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blackstone is 53.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.06.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Blackstone has a PEG Ratio of 1.55. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blackstone has a P/B Ratio of 6.87. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.76% of the float of Blackstone has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blackstone has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blackstone has recently increased by 2.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Blackstone pays a meaningful dividend of 2.16%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Blackstone does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Blackstone is 112.05%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Blackstone will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.10% next year. This indicates that Blackstone will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.72

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.76% of the float of Blackstone has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blackstone has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blackstone has recently increased by 2.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.30

News Sentiment

Blackstone has a news sentiment score of 1.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 45 news articles for Blackstone this week, compared to 32 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

36 people have searched for BX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

15 people have added Blackstone to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 36% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Blackstone insiders have bought 1,486.84% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $54,932,307.00 in company stock and sold $3,461,750.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of Blackstone is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.00% of the stock of Blackstone is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BX shares performed this year?

Blackstone's stock was trading at $172.42 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, BX stock has increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $177.9690.

How were Blackstone's earnings last quarter?

Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 24th. The asset manager reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.11. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 32.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Blackstone have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Blackstone: American Campus Communities, ASK Investment Managers, International Data Group, Sphera, QTS Realty Trust, Ellucian, Bourne Leisure, and more.

Who are Blackstone's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Blackstone include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (9.61%), Blair William & Co. IL (0.19%), Aberdeen Group plc (0.09%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Altus Holdings Lp Gso, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Holdings I LP Blackstone, Private Credit Stra Blackstone, Joseph Baratta, John G Finley, David Payne, Holdings I/Ii Gp L Blackstone, Ruth Porat, William G Parrett, Reginald J Brown, Bx Buzz Ml-1 Gp Llc, Multi-Asset Direct Blackstone and Lower Holdings LP Juno.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Blackstone?

Shares of BX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Blackstone own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Blackstone investors own include Symbotic (SYM), JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ), Apollo Global Management (APO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), AT&T (T) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 5/5 Dividend: 4/28/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/5 Dividend: 4/28/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/05/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/24/2025
• Today: 7/25/2025
• Record date for 8/11 Dividend: 8/04/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/11/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - MISC SVCS
• Sub-Industry: Trading
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BX
• CIK: 1393818
• Web: www.blackstone.com
• Phone: (212) 583-5000
• Fax: 212-583-5749
• Employees: 4,895
• Year Founded: 1985

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Blackstone: $162.18
• High Price Target: $207.00
• Low Price Target: $134.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -8.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.32
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 53.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.32
• P/E Growth: 1.55
• Net Income: $2.78 billion
• Net Margins: 19.83%
• Pretax Margin: 47.01%
• Return on Equity: 19.84%
• Return on Assets: 8.49%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.67
• Current Ratio: 0.75
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.23 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.82
• Cash Flow: $5.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 34.54
• Book Value: $25.89 per share
• Price / Book: 6.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 729,650,000
• Free Float: 722,352,000
• Market Cap: $129.86 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.65