NYSE:BX - Blackstone Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Blackstone Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BX."

Blackstone Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Monday, February 10th will be given a dividend of $0.61 per share on Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. This is a positive change from Blackstone Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. View Blackstone Group's Dividend History.

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.06. The asset manager earned $2.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.55 billion. Blackstone Group had a net margin of 27.93% and a return on equity of 14.07%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 314.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. View Blackstone Group's Earnings History.

Blackstone Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Blackstone Group.

12 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Blackstone Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Blackstone Group's stock price to reach $61.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Blackstone Group.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blackstone Group in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Blackstone Group.

Media headlines about BX stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Blackstone Group earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Blackstone Group.

Blackstone Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 15,720,000 shares, a drop of 6.0% from the January 30th total of 16,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View Blackstone Group's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Blackstone Group investors own include AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), AbbVie (ABBV), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS) and Intel (INTC).

Blackstone Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Capital World Investors (5.01%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.72%), Capital International Investors (2.06%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.26%), State Street Corp (1.02%) and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.81%). Company insiders that own Blackstone Group stock include Bennett J Goodman, Blackstone Bgsl Holdings Llc, Blackstone Group Inc, Christopher Striano, Clarus Gp LP Blackstone, Hamilton E James, Holdings LP Blackstone III, J Tomilson Hill, Joan Solotar and John G Finley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Blackstone Group.

BX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, GVO Asset Management Ltd, FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., 1832 Asset Management L.P., Sanders Morris Harris LLC and Coronation Fund Managers Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Blackstone Group company stock in the last year include Bennett J Goodman, Blackstone Group Inc, Christopher Striano, Hamilton E James, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Joan Solotar and John G Finley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackstone Group.

BX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Bessemer Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Capital World Investors, Artemis Investment Management LLP, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC and Capital International Investors. Company insiders that have bought Blackstone Group stock in the last two years include Blackstone Bgsl Holdings Llc, Blackstone Group Inc, Clarus Gp LP Blackstone and Holdings LP Blackstone III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackstone Group.

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

One share of BX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.59.

Blackstone Group has a market capitalization of $34.68 billion and generates $7.34 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $2.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.31 on an earnings per share basis. Blackstone Group employs 2,615 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Blackstone Group.

The official website for Blackstone Group is http://www.blackstone.com/.

Blackstone Group's mailing address is 345 Park Avenue, New York NY, 10154. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 212-583-5000 or via email at [email protected]