BX

Can Market Sentiment Sustain BX's Price Surge Today?

Blackstone stock is trading -7.62% below its average target price of $98.25 after marking a 4.1% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Asset Management company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $69.0 to $115.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.4%, and a short ratio of 3.72. The company's insiders own 0.48% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 64.7% of Blackstone's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Blackstone

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 7% 46,994,275 $4,265,435,341
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 38,894,983 $3,530,303,108
2022-12-31 Capital World Investors 4% 30,411,668 $2,760,315,027
2022-12-31 Morgan Stanley 3% 22,495,670 $2,041,819,473
2022-12-31 Capital International Investors 3% 21,203,428 $1,924,529,129
2022-12-31 State Street Corporation 2% 15,824,372 $1,436,299,114
2022-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 15,702,671 $1,425,252,923
2022-12-31 Royal Bank of Canada 2% 12,311,430 $1,117,446,936
2022-12-31 Edgewood Management Company 2% 11,424,857 $1,036,977,138
2022-12-31 Bank of America Corporation 1% 10,228,186 $928,361,296

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Blackstone.

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