Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BXMT) is a real estate finance company organized as a real estate investment trust. The company originates and holds senior loans secured by commercial properties, with a focus on institutional-quality assets and experienced real estate sponsors.

Its portfolio primarily consists of floating-rate mortgage loans used to finance acquisitions, refinancings, development and other capital needs for commercial real estate. The properties securing its loans may include office buildings, multifamily communities, hotels, industrial facilities, retail centers and other commercial assets.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust is externally managed by BXMT Advisors L.P., an affiliate of Blackstone. The company was formerly known as Capital Trust, Inc. and adopted its current name following Blackstone’s acquisition of the company in 2012. Its lending activities have focused on major commercial real estate markets in the United States, Europe and Australia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.45 to $10.93
• 50-Day Range: $10.56 to $14.64
• 52-Week Range: $10.45 to $20.67
• Volume: 2.76 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 116.72
• Dividend Yield: 17.90%
• Price Target: $18.60
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blackstone Mortgage Trust scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 20th out of 855 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $18.60, representing about 77.1% upside from its current price of $10.51.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 35.56%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blackstone Mortgage Trust are expected to grow by 35.56% in the coming year, from $0.90 to $1.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blackstone Mortgage Trust is 116.72, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blackstone Mortgage Trust is 116.72, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.69.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a PEG Ratio of 0.25. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.50. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.06% of the float of Blackstone Mortgage Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.71, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blackstone Mortgage Trust has recently increased by 8.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Blackstone Mortgage Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 17.50%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Blackstone Mortgage Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Blackstone Mortgage Trust is 2,088.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Blackstone Mortgage Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 154.10% in the coming year. This indicates that Blackstone Mortgage Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.82

News Sentiment

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a news sentiment score of 0.82. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Blackstone Mortgage Trust this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

14 people have searched for BXMT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Blackstone Mortgage Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $96,585.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0055% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Blackstone Mortgage Trust insiders have bought 206.31% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $143,400.00 in company stock and sold $46,815.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.18% of the stock of Blackstone Mortgage Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

64.15% of the stock of Blackstone Mortgage Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Sub-Industry: Mortgage REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BXMT
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:CT
• CIK: 1061630
• Web: www.blackstonemortgagetrust.com
• Phone: (212) 655-0220
• Fax: 212-655-0044
• Employees: 29
• Year Founded: 1966

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Blackstone Mortgage Trust: $18.60
• High Price Target: $23.00
• Low Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +77.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 116.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.67
• P/E Growth: 0.25
• Net Income: $109.57 million
• Net Margins: 1.57%
• Pretax Margin: 2.15%
• Return on Equity: 7.72%
• Return on Assets: 1.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.83
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $609.36 million
• Price / Sales: 2.91
• Cash Flow: $1.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.50
• Book Value: $20.89 per share
• Price / Book: 0.50

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 168,544,000
• Free Float: 166,555,000
• Market Cap: $1.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.92