Carlyle Group
About: Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest alternative-asset managers, with $465 billion in total AUM, including $325 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of June 2025. The company has three core business segments: global private equity, which includes its private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources offerings (with $165 billion in total AUM and $102 billion in fee-earning AUM), global credit ($203 billion/$163 billion), and investment/fund solutions, known as Carlyle AlphInvest ($97 billion/$60 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)
130% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 92 | Existing positions closed: 40
69% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $170M | Put options by funds: $101M
36% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 232 | Existing positions reduced: 171
20% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.8B [Q1] → $11.8B (+$2B) [Q2]
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 519 [Q1] → 563 (+44) [Q2]
1.23% more ownership
Funds ownership: 62.34% [Q1] → 63.57% (+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
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$75
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Market Outperform
Maintained
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14 Aug 2025 |
Jefferies
Gerald O'Hara
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$66
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Hold
Maintained
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13 Aug 2025 |
Barclays
Benjamin Budish
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$74
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Overweight
Maintained
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7 Aug 2025 |
JMP Securities
Devin Ryan
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$70
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Market Outperform
Maintained
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14 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Michael Brown
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$61
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group
Glenn Schorr
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$58
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In-Line
Maintained
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10 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup
Christopher Allen
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$65
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Buy
Upgraded
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10 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about CG published over the past 30 days