Blackstone Group Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BX)

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

Blackstone Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Monday, August 5th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 26th. View Blackstone Group's Dividend History.

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 18th. The asset manager reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.02. The asset manager had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.79 billion. Blackstone Group had a net margin of 20.51% and a return on equity of 11.30%. Blackstone Group's revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.69 EPS. View Blackstone Group's Earnings History.

Blackstone Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Blackstone Group.

Blackstone Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 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.

10 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Blackstone Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Blackstone Group's stock price to reach $51.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Blackstone Group.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Blackstone Group in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Blackstone Group.

News stories about BX stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Blackstone Group earned a coverage optimism score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Blackstone Group.

Blackstone Group saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 21,300,000 shares, an increase of 90.5% from the August 30th total of 11,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,270,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 3.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Blackstone Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Blackstone Group include LEG & GEN GRP P/S (LGGNY), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Franklin Resources (BEN), Oaktree Capital Group LLC Unit (OAK), Apollo Global Management (APO), Invesco (IVZ), Morningstar (MORN), Eaton Vance (EV), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Lazard (LAZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), Ares Management (ARES) and Houlihan Lokey (HLI).

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Blackstone Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.62%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.21%), Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.20%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.10%), Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA (0.06%) and Stephens Inc. AR (0.06%). Company insiders that own Blackstone Group stock include Bennett J Goodman, Blackstone Bgsl Holdings Llc, Blackstone Group Inc, Christopher Striano, Group LP Blackstone, 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 PM CAPITAL Ltd, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA, Stephens Inc. AR, DNB Asset Management AS, Coastal Investment Advisors Inc. and Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust of NJ. Company insiders that have sold Blackstone Group company stock in the last year include Bennett J Goodman, Christopher Striano, Holdings LP Blackstone III and Joan Solotar. View Insider Buying and Selling for Blackstone Group.

BX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc., North Star Investment Management Corp., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Ellis Investment Partners LLC, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and Benson Investment Management Company Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Blackstone Group stock in the last two years include Blackstone Bgsl Holdings Llc, Blackstone Group Inc, Group 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 $48.39.

Blackstone Group has a market capitalization of $32.01 billion and generates $6.83 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $1.54 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.26 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]