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 $52.74 -0.44 (-0.83 %) (As of 08/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$52.71Now: $52.74▼$53.3050-Day Range$52.16MA: $54.62▼$58.0052-Week Range$33.00Now: $52.74▼$64.97Volume1.71 million shsAverage Volume5.15 million shsMarket Capitalization$35.39 billionP/E Ratio48.39Dividend Yield2.78%Beta1.39 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial 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 $60.95, Blackstone Group has a potential upside of 15.6% from its current price of $52.74.Amount of Analyst CoverageBlackstone Group has been the subject of 8 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 1,088 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesBlackstone Group has received 715 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentBlackstone Group has received 60.34% “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 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldBlackstone Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBlackstone Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Blackstone Group is 64.07%. 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 53.24% 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 $25,700,695.00 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 38.31% in the coming year, from $2.01 to $2.78 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Blackstone Group is 48.39, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 17.39.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Blackstone Group is 48.39, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.60.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBlackstone Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.32. 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: 2.5Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.20 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 Ratio48.39 Forward P/E Ratio26.24 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$7.34 billion Price / Sales4.82 Cash Flow$2.50 per share Price / Cash Flow21.12 Book Value$22.77 per share Price / Book2.32Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.31 Net Income$2.05 billion Net Margins27.93% Return on Equity14.05% Return on Assets6.28%Miscellaneous Employees2,905 Outstanding Shares671,051,000Market Cap$35.39 billion Next Earnings Date10/28/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $52.74 -0.44 (-0.83 %) (As of 08/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart 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 Coronavirus? Blackstone Group's stock was trading at $47.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BX stock has increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $52.74. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. 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 Wednesday, October 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Blackstone Group. How were Blackstone Group's earnings last quarter? Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The asset manager reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.43. The asset manager earned $2.52 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.16 billion. Blackstone Group had a net margin of 27.93% and a return on equity of 14.05%. The business's revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.57 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, July 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.37 per share on Monday, August 10th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 31st. View Blackstone Group's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for BX? 13 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Blackstone Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Blackstone Group's share price to reach $60.95 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Blackstone Group. Has Blackstone Group been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about BX stock has been trending neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Blackstone Group earned a news impact score of 0.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the asset manager a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Blackstone Group. Are investors shorting Blackstone Group? Blackstone Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,570,000 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the March 31st total of 11,120,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. View Blackstone Group's Short Interest. 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), Franklin Resources (BEN), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), The Carlyle Group (CG), Oaktree Capital Group LLC Unit (OAK), Morningstar (MORN), Invesco (IVZ), Eaton Vance (EV), Legg Mason (LM), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Janus Henderson Group (JHG) 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), AbbVie (ABBV), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO) 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.80%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.16%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.54%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.45%), Beck Mack & Oliver LLC (0.45%) and Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC (0.41%). 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, John G Finley, Joseph Baratta and Lifesciences Iii LP Clarus. View institutional ownership trends for Blackstone Group. Which institutional investors are selling Blackstone Group stock? BX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, FMR LLC, Chilton Investment Co. LLC, Hilton Capital Management LLC, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc., Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund. Company insiders that have sold Blackstone Group company stock in the last year include Blackstone Group Inc, Hamilton E James, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Joan Solotar, John G Finley, and Joseph Baratta. View insider buying and selling activity for Blackstone Group. Which institutional investors are buying Blackstone Group stock? BX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cryder Capital Partners LLP, Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC, Sound Shore Management Inc CT , Integrated Advisors Network LLC, Meitav Dash Investments Ltd., FIL Ltd, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd., and Bessemer Group 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, Holdings LP Blackstone III, and Lifesciences Iii LP Clarus. 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 $52.74. How big of a company is Blackstone Group? Blackstone Group has a market capitalization of $35.39 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 8/15/2020 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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