Blackstone Inc (BX): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

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Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.80M but it saw 3131724 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 181.28B USD, the company’s current market price of $148.75 came falling about -0.65 while comparing to the previous closing price of $149.72. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $200.28 and as low as $114.76. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $147.9069 while lowest mark touched by it was $150.95.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Blackstone Inc (BX) gives us an average price of $149.53, while its current price level is -25.73% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 29.62% 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 $163.88 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $155.33. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.68% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.66%. 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 44.83 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 UBS which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on March 17, 2025, recommending a price target of $180 for it. Wells Fargo downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal Weight” from “Overweight” on December 12, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $188-$195. TD Cowen also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $149 and $230.

Over the week, BX’s stock price is moving 8.95% up while it is -10.85% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -13.44% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 22.06%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Jan-29, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.17 while estimate for next year EPS is 5.69. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $3.19B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $14.17B and seeing the company making $17.1B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $2.95B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Blackstone Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 731.93M with 0.92% of that held by the insiders while 71.27% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 13.88% and return on equity (ROE) at 36.95%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 41.04 while having a 21.44 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.58. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 22.12 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 14.55. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.63% on average.