Piper Sandler lifts Blackstone Inc [BX] price estimate. Who else is bullish?

Blackstone Inc [NYSE: BX] surged by $6.76 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $176.38.

Blackstone Inc stock has also gained 2.82% of its value over the past 7 days. However, BX stock has inclined by 35.00% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 47.71% and gained 36.32% year-on date.

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The market cap for BX stock reached $213.93 billion, with 719.36 million shares outstanding and 714.79 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.07M shares, BX reached a trading volume of 6634889 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say 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 $164.50 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 2.50. 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.

Piper Sandler have made an estimate for Blackstone Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on October 09, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on September 12, 2024, representing the official price target for Blackstone Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $134, while Redburn Atlantic analysts kept a Neutral rating on BX stock. On April 02, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for BX shares from 140 to 135.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Blackstone Inc is set at 4.18, with the Price to Sales ratio for BX stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 20.34. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 30.75, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.09. Price to Free Cash Flow for BX in the course of the last twelve months was 100.91.

BX stock trade performance evaluation

Blackstone Inc [BX] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.82. With this latest performance, BX shares gained by 18.03% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 47.71% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 81.50% 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 70.24, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 72.54, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 68.67 for Blackstone Inc [BX]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 155.64, while it was recorded at 169.79 for the last single week of trading, and 134.06 for the last 200 days.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Blackstone Inc [BX] stock

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 24.97%.

Blackstone Inc [BX]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $70.04%, or 70.72%% 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%.