NYSE:BX - Blackstone Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Blackstone Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, May 7th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 27th. View Blackstone Group's Dividend History.

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 19th. The asset manager reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.19. The asset manager had revenue of $1.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.25 billion. Blackstone Group had a net margin of 19.82% and a return on equity of 23.94%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.82 EPS. View Blackstone Group's Earnings History.

Blackstone Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Blackstone Group.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Blackstone Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Blackstone Group's share price to reach $40.6250 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Blackstone Group.

Blackstone Group saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,461,912 shares, a decrease of 28.6% from the May 15th total of 14,650,882 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,471,204 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Blackstone Group's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about BX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Blackstone Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the asset manager an impact score of 46.99 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Blackstone Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.14%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.87%), Swedbank (0.83%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.55%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.54%) and Natixis (0.51%). Company insiders that own Blackstone Group stock include Bennett J Goodman, Group LP Blackstone, Holdings LP Blackstone III, J Tomilson Hill, Joan Solotar, John G Finley, Kathleen Skero and Real Estate Associa Blackstone. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Blackstone Group.

BX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Algebris UK Ltd, Honeywell International Inc., Alkeon Capital Management LLC, Atlantic Trust Group LLC, Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Sei Investments Co. and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. Company insiders that have sold Blackstone Group company stock in the last year include J Tomilson Hill and John G Finley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackstone Group.

BX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Natixis, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., Chilton Investment Co. LLC and Partners Group Holding AG. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.69.

Blackstone Group has a market capitalization of $21.66 billion and generates $7.12 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $1.47 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.81 on an earnings per share basis. Blackstone Group employs 2,360 workers across the globe.

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]