NYSE:BXBlackstone Group Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Blackstone Group LP Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $54.53 +1.01 (+1.89 %) (As of 07/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$53.08Now: $54.53▼$54.6750-Day Range$53.37MA: $56.41▼$59.4552-Week Range$33.00Now: $54.53▼$64.97Volume2.89 million shsAverage Volume5.55 million shsMarket Capitalization$36.53 billionP/E Ratio74.70Dividend Yield2.91%Beta1.44 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media The Blackstone Group Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, 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, 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 minority investments in operating companies and greenfield development projects in energy and power, financial services, healthcare, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. 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. The Blackstone Group Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe and North America.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingBlackstone Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.54, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $60.77, Blackstone Group has a potential upside of 11.4% from its current price of $54.53.Amount of Analyst CoverageBlackstone Group has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 3.0 Community Rank Outperform VotesBlackstone Group has received 1,083 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesBlackstone Group has received 714 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentBlackstone Group has received 60.27% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Blackstone Group and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe BX will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe BX will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldBlackstone Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.91%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBlackstone Group has been increasing its dividend for 6 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Blackstone Group is 67.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Blackstone Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.91% next year. This indicates that Blackstone Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Blackstone Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,655,500.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.00% of the stock of Blackstone Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions56.66% of the stock of Blackstone Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.3 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Blackstone Group are expected to grow by 36.10% in the coming year, from $2.05 to $2.79 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Blackstone Group is 74.70, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.72.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Blackstone Group is 74.70, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.09.Price to Earnings Growth RatioBlackstone Group has a PEG Ratio of 13.39. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBlackstone Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.39. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 3.0Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.37 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Investment advice Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:BX Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1393818 Webwww.blackstone.com Phone212-583-5000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.97 Current Ratio1.36 Quick Ratio1.36Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio74.70 Forward P/E Ratio26.60 P/E Growth13.39 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$7.34 billion Price / Sales4.98 Cash Flow$2.51 per share Price / Cash Flow21.69 Book Value$22.77 per share Price / Book2.39Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.31 Net Income$2.05 billion Net Margins27.93% Return on Equity14.62% Return on Assets6.55%Miscellaneous Employees2,905 Outstanding Shares669,876,000Market Cap$36.53 billion Next Earnings Date7/23/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable BX Rates by TradingView Receive BX News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) Frequently Asked Questions How has Blackstone Group's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Blackstone Group's stock was trading at $47.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BX shares have increased by 15.2% and is now trading at $54.53. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Blackstone Group? 13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blackstone Group in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Blackstone Group. When is Blackstone Group's next earnings date? Blackstone Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Blackstone Group. How can I listen to Blackstone Group's earnings call? Blackstone Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available. How were Blackstone Group's earnings last quarter? Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The asset manager reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.04. The asset manager had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.31 billion. Blackstone Group had a return on equity of 14.62% and a net margin of 27.93%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.71 EPS. View Blackstone Group's earnings history. How often does Blackstone Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Blackstone Group? Blackstone Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, May 11th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 1st. View Blackstone Group's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for BX? 13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Blackstone Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $72.00. On average, they anticipate Blackstone Group's stock price to reach $60.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Blackstone Group. Has Blackstone Group been receiving favorable news coverage? News articles about BX stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Blackstone Group earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the asset manager a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Blackstone Group. Are investors shorting Blackstone Group? Blackstone Group saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,710,000 shares, a drop of 9.4% from the June 15th total of 12,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Blackstone Group's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Blackstone Group's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Blackstone Group include KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), LEG & GEN GRP P/S (LGGNY), Apollo Global Management (APO), Franklin Resources (BEN), The Carlyle Group (CG), Ares Management (ARES), Oaktree Capital Group LLC Unit (OAK), Morningstar (MORN), Invesco (IVZ), Legg Mason (LM), Eaton Vance (EV), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Houlihan Lokey (HLI) and Hamilton Lane (HLNE). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Blackstone Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Blackstone Group investors own include AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Walt Disney (DIS). Who are Blackstone Group's key executives? Blackstone Group's management team includes the following people: Mr. Stephen Allen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder (Age 72)Mr. Hamilton Evans James, Exec. Vice Chairman & Gen. Partner (Age 68)Mr. Jonathan D. Gray, Gen. Partner, Pres, COO & Director (Age 50)Mr. Michael S. Chae J.D., CFO & Sr. MD (Age 51)Rt Hon. M. Brian Mulroney, Member of Board of Directors (Age 79) What is Blackstone Group's stock symbol? Blackstone Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BX." Who are Blackstone Group's major shareholders? Blackstone Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.07%), Sanders Morris Harris LLC (0.05%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), Renaissance Investment Group LLC (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). 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. Which major investors are selling Blackstone Group stock? BX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hilton Capital Management LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Lake Street Financial LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Hohimer Wealth Management LLC, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have sold Blackstone Group company stock in the last year include Blackstone Group Inc, Christopher Striano, Hamilton E James, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Joan Solotar, and John G Finley. View insider buying and selling activity for Blackstone Group. Which major investors are buying Blackstone Group stock? BX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Whittier Trust Co., Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., Cottage Street Advisors LLC, Modus Advisors LLC, OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A, Forte Capital LLC ADV, LGT Capital Partners LTD., and Boenning & Scattergood Inc.. 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 activity for Blackstone Group. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Blackstone Group's stock price today? One share of BX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.53. How big of a company is Blackstone Group? Blackstone Group has a market capitalization of $36.53 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 2,905 workers across the globe. What is Blackstone Group's official website? The official website for Blackstone Group is www.blackstone.com. How can I contact Blackstone Group? 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] This page was last updated on 7/15/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. See what's happening in the market right now with MarketBeat's real-time news feed. 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