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

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

Blackstone Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.64 per share on Monday, November 5th. This represents a $2.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.60%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 26th. This is an increase from Blackstone Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.58. View Blackstone Group's Dividend History.

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 18th. The asset manager reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.02. The asset manager earned $1.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.79 billion. Blackstone Group had a return on equity of 22.67% and a net margin of 22.34%. Blackstone Group's revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.69 EPS. View Blackstone Group's Earnings History.

Blackstone Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Blackstone Group.

12 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Blackstone Group's shares. Their predictions range from $34.00 to $47.50. On average, they expect Blackstone Group's share price to reach $43.3182 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 45.6% 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 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Blackstone Group.

Press coverage about BX stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Blackstone Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Morgan Stanley (4.70%), Capital World Investors (2.80%), FMR LLC (2.47%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.99%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.33%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.19%). Company insiders that own Blackstone Group stock include Bennett J Goodman, Blackstone Bgsl Holdings Llc, Group LP Blackstone, Holdings LP Blackstone III, J Tomilson Hill, Joan Solotar, John G Finley 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 FMR LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Prospera Financial Services Inc, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Teachers Advisors LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Capital International Investors, ING Groep NV, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Credit Suisse AG, Capital World Investors, Artemis Investment Management LLP and Vantage Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Blackstone Group stock in the last two years include Blackstone Bgsl Holdings Llc and Group LP Blackstone. 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 $29.76.

Blackstone Group has a market capitalization of $19.71 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.

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]