Blackstone Inc. (BX) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Aug 16, 2026

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Assets under management rose 11% to $1.35 trillion, fee-related EPS increased 20%, and quarterly inflows approached $70 billion. Shares gained 19.5% over 21 sessions, supported by fundraising and AI-infrastructure exposure.

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Idea window: 8/19/2026 – 8/26/2026Sector: Financial Services

AI Analyst Overview

Last Price
$145.05
Market Cap
$169.83B
1D Return
+3.17%
YTD Return
-2.94%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E
31.2
P/B
12.2
P/S
10.6
EV/EBITDA
21.2
Div Yield
3.72%

Fundamental Analysis

8.0

Key Financial Insights: • Cash Conversion • High Leverage • Dividend Strain Blackstone delivered strong profitability and cash flow with solid interest coverage, but elevated leverage, an uncovered dividend payout, and a premium valuation keep the risk/reward balanced.

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Price Behavior

7.0

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Higher highs • Profit-taking • Support watch Support Level: $137-$138 Resistance Level: $149.32 BX has been in a strong uptrend over the last month, but the recent pullback from $149.32 to $143.93 signals short-term profit-taking as price approaches resistance, so support at $137-$138 is the key level to watch.

Bullish
Stretched

Sentiment & News

8.0

Key News Insights: • Record AUM • AI positioning • Product expansion Blackstone posted strong Q2 beats with record AUM, expanding AI infrastructure exposure, and new public-private product launches, reinforcing bullish momentum despite valuation concerns.

Bullish
AIInfra
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AI Summary

7.0
Positive

BX should now be viewed less as a cyclical fund-raising story and more as a durable, fee-compounding platform with real cash generation, but at ~28x earnings the stock already prices in that quality, so the near-term upside depends on sustained inflows and execution in credit, insurance, and AI/infrastructure rather than multiple rerating.

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Description

Blackstone Inc. is a global alternative asset manager offering strategies across real estate, private equity, hedge funds, credit, secondary funds and public markets, along with capital markets services. Its real estate business covers opportunistic and core+ equity as well as debt and stabilized income properties across North America, Europe and Asia, while its private equity platform pursues a wide range of transactions worldwide, from buyouts and special situations to growth and platform builds across industries including finance, healthcare, tech and energy. The firm also manages commingled and customized hedge fund solutions and a credit platform that invests across the capital structure of non-investment-grade issuers; it was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York with offices in Asia, Europe and North America.

Idea History

DateCloseTickerCompanySummaryStatusP/L
Aug 19Aug 26BXBlackstone Inc.
Assets under management rose 11% to $1.35 trillion, fee-related EPS increased 20%, and quarterly inflows approached $70 billion. Shares gained 19.5% over 21 sessions, supported by fundraising and AI-infrastructure exposure.
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