Blackstone
About: Blackstone is the world's largest alternative-asset manager with $1.167 trillion in total asset under management, including $860.1 billion in fee-earning assets under management, at the end of March 2025. The company has four core business segments: private equity (26% of fee-earning AUM and 30% of base management fees), real estate (34% and 40%), credit and insurance (32% and 23%), and multi-asset investing (8% 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)
46% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 962 | Existing positions reduced: 659
41% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 162 | Existing positions closed: 115
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $70.2B [Q1] → $75.5B (+$5.29B) [Q2]
4% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 68 [Q1] → 71 (+3) [Q2]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,059 [Q1] → 2,063 (+4) [Q2]
0.17% more ownership
Funds ownership: 69.03% [Q1] → 69.2% (+0.17%) [Q2]
29% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.35B | Put options by funds: $1.91B
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Crispin Love | 7%upside $181 | Neutral Maintained | 28 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish | 7%upside $181 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 25 Jul 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Glenn Schorr | 16%upside $197 | Outperform Maintained | 25 Jul 2025 |
JMP Securities Brian McKenna | 15%upside $195 | Market Outperform Maintained | 25 Jul 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Kyle Voigt | 6%upside $180 | Market Perform Maintained | 25 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 34 articles about BX published over the past 30 days









