Blackstone Inc (BX): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.25M but it saw 2827509 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 230.81B USD, the company’s current market price of $190.30 came falling about -1.10 while comparing to the previous closing price of $192.41. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $200.96 and as low as $110.50. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $187.74 while lowest mark touched by it was $191.365.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Blackstone Inc (BX) gives us an average price of $188.20, while its current price level is -5.30% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 72.22% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $174.65 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $141.64. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.44% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.41%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 60.09 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Wells Fargo which downgraded the stock as “Equal Weight” in its note to investors issued on December 12, 2024, recommending a price target of between $188 and $195 for it. TD Cowen upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on December 09, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $149-$230. Piper Sandler also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $149.

Over the week, BX’s stock price is moving 1.66% up while it is 5.34% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 47.45% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 70.52%.

Currently, Blackstone Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 730.70M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.80% and return on equity (ROE) at 31.46%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 65.42 while having a 32.77 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.51. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 33.17 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 21.94. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.28% on average.