Blackstone
About: Blackstone is the world's largest alternative-asset manager with $1.211 trillion in total asset under management, including $887 billion in fee-earning assets under management, at the end of June 2025. The company has four core business segments: private equity (26% of fee-earning AUM and 32% of base management fees), real estate (32% and 36%), credit and insurance (33% and 25%), and multi-asset investing (9% and 7%). While the firm primarily serves institutional investors (87% of AUM), it also caters to clients in the high-net-worth channel (13%). Blackstone operates through 25 offices in the Americas (8), Europe and the Middle East (9), and the Asia-Pacific region (8).
Employees: 4,895
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
47% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 971 | Existing positions reduced: 659
41% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 164 | Existing positions closed: 116
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $70.2B [Q1] → $76.2B (+$6.01B) [Q2]
6% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 68 [Q1] → 72 (+4) [Q2]
0.83% more ownership
Funds ownership: 69.04% [Q1] → 69.87% (+0.83%) [Q2]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,062 [Q1] → 2,076 (+14) [Q2]
24% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.86B | Put options by funds: $2.45B
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler
Crispin Love
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$181
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Neutral
Maintained
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28 Jul 2025 |
Barclays
Benjamin Budish
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$181
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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25 Jul 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group
Glenn Schorr
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$197
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Outperform
Maintained
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25 Jul 2025 |
JMP Securities
Brian McKenna
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$195
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Market Outperform
Maintained
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25 Jul 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Kyle Voigt
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$180
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Market Perform
Maintained
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25 Jul 2025 |
Deutsche Bank
Brian Brungardt
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$192
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Buy
Maintained
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25 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Michael Brown
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$167
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup
Christopher Allen
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$160
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Neutral
Maintained
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10 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 36 articles about BX published over the past 30 days