Blackstone Inc [BX] gain 18.07% so far this year. What now?

Blackstone Inc [NYSE: BX] loss -3.03% or -4.78 points to close at $152.77 with a heavy trading volume of 3722252 shares.

The daily chart for BX points out that the company has recorded 20.29% gains over the past six months.

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If we look at the average trading volume of 3.41M shares, BX reached to a volume of 3722252 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Blackstone Inc [BX]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BX shares is $136.79 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BX stock is a recommendation set at 2.48. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Blackstone Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on September 12, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Redburn Atlantic raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on August 27, 2024, representing the official price target for Blackstone Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $140 to $135, while UBS kept a Neutral rating on BX stock. On January 19, 2024, analysts increased their price target for BX shares from 116 to 124.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Blackstone Inc is set at 3.95, with the Price to Sales ratio for BX stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 17.72. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 27.36, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.13. Price to Free Cash Flow for BX in the course of the last twelve months was 96.02.

Trading performance analysis for BX stock

Blackstone Inc [BX] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.39. With this latest performance, BX shares gained by 7.61% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 20.29% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 40.72% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for BX stock in for the last two-week period is set at 61.08, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 57.22, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.62 for Blackstone Inc [BX]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 140.68, while it was recorded at 157.06 for the last single week of trading, and 128.36 for the last 200 days.

Blackstone Inc [BX]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Blackstone Inc posted 0.94/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.01/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.07. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BX. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Blackstone Inc go to 23.64%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Blackstone Inc [BX]

There are presently around $70.04%, or 70.73%% of BX stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BX stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 65.14 million shares, which is approximately 8.5735%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 47.26 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$5.85 billion in BX stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$4.6 billion in BX stock with ownership which is approximately 4.8901%.