Carlyle Group
About: Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest alternative-asset managers, with $453 billion in total AUM, including $314 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of March 2025. The company has three core business segments: global private equity, which includes its private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources offerings (with $164 billion in total AUM and $99 billion in fee-earning AUM), global credit ($199 billion/$161 billion), and investment/fund solutions, known as Carlyle AlphInvest ($89 billion/$54 billion). The firm primarily serves institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. Carlyle operates through 29 offices across five continents, serving more than 3,100 active carry fund investors from 87 countries.
Employees: 2,300
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
114% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 90 | Existing positions closed: 42
91% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $142M | Put options by funds: $74.1M
38% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 231 | Existing positions reduced: 167
20% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.79B [Q1] → $11.8B (+$2B) [Q2]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 520 [Q1] → 556 (+36) [Q2]
1.23% more ownership
Funds ownership: 62.27% [Q1] → 63.5% (+1.23%) [Q2]
22% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q1] → 7 (-2) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
JMP Securities Brian McKenna | 18%upside $75 | Market Outperform Maintained | 14 Aug 2025 |
Jefferies Gerald O'Hara | 4%upside $66 | Hold Maintained | 13 Aug 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish | 16%upside $74 | Overweight Maintained | 7 Aug 2025 |
JMP Securities Devin Ryan | 10%upside $70 | Market Outperform Maintained | 14 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Michael Brown | 4%downside $61 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 11 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about CG published over the past 30 days
