With 4.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.82 million shares. During the session, the Asset Management company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $141.28 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $135.6. The 52-week range on BX shows that it touched its highest point at $200.28 and its lowest point at $114.76 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $182.63. With its current market cap of 166.38 billion, BX has annualized dividend of $3.95 while the current yield stands at 2.89%. BX paid its most recent dividend on 1739145600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1739145600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.60.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.25%, but this was down by -17.14% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.09% while six-month performance fell -3.42%. The stock gained 11.01% in the past year, while it has lost -20.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BX yields 3.62 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.93. For the next quarter, that number is 1.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of 21.81% for this year and 22.63% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.91% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.62%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 731.93 million BX shares are outstanding with a float of 722.29 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 9.17 million, which was 120.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Stephen Allen Schwarzman B.A., M.B.A. as the firm’s Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Mr. Jonathan D. Gray CIMA serves as its General Partner, President, COO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.71186996 of BX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BX since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BX analysts setting a high price target of 233.0 and a low target of 147.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 182.38095. Based on these targets, BX could surge 70.66% to reach the target high and rise by 7.67% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 33.58% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.47466 being high and $4.3643 being low. For BX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.4245.
