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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
386% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $145M | Put options by funds: $29.9M
34% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 214 | Existing positions reduced: 160
1.8% more ownership
Funds ownership: 60.29% [Q4 2024] → 62.09% (+1.8%) [Q1 2025]
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 560 [Q4 2024] → 518 (-42) [Q1 2025]
10% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $10.9B [Q4 2024] → $9.76B (-$1.13B) [Q1 2025]
18% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q4 2024] → 9 (-2) [Q1 2025]
33% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 56 | Existing positions closed: 84
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Michael Brown | 6%upside $49 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 23 May 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Kyle Voigt | 3%downside $45 | Market Perform Maintained | 12 May 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish | 6%upside $49 | Overweight Maintained | 9 May 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Michael Cyprys | 5%downside $44 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
TD Cowen Bill Katz | 20%downside $37 | Hold Maintained | 9 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about CG published over the past 30 days









