Why Blackstone Inc.’s (BX) Stock Is Up 5.66%

By Cynthia McLaughlin
May 12, 2025
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In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Blackstone Inc.’s stock price such as:

  • Blackstone Inc.’s current stock price and volume
  • Why Blackstone Inc.’s stock price changed recently
  • Upgrades and downgrades for BX from analysts
  • BX’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Blackstone Inc. (BX)

Before we jump into Blackstone Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in private equity, real estate, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage, seed, middle market, mature, late venture, growth capital, emerging growth and later stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm’s corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts, recapitalization, special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, cargo, data processing, oil & gas production, oil & gas refining, oil & gas storage, building products, home entertainment, B2B, consumer electronics, home supply store, lodging, commercial services & supplies, metal & mineral mining machinery, coal, hazardous waste collection, solid waste collection, waste water treatment, renewable electricity, equity REITs, power generation by nuclear & fossil fuels, personal loan services, chemcials, other specialty retail, biotech, pharmaceuticals, metal, aerospace, healthcare, cable, entertainment services, infrastructure services, transportation infrastructure, exhaust, life sciences, alternative carriers, infrastructure, system software, manufacturing services, enterprise tech and consumer, enterprise software & application, as well as consumer technologies. The firm considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It seeks to invest between $0.25 million and $900 million per transaction. It invests in companies with enterprise value between $500 million and $5000 million. It has a three year investment period. The firm prefers to take majority and minority stakes. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. Blackstone Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe, North America and Central America.

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Blackstone Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of May 12, 2025, 1:01 PM, CST, Blackstone Inc.’s stock price was $148.310.

Blackstone Inc. is up 6.4% from its previous closing price of $139.390.

During the last market session, Blackstone Inc.’s stock traded between $146.530 and $152.000. Currently, there are approximately 771.80 million shares outstanding for Blackstone Inc..

Blackstone Inc.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 42.2, which is high compared to the Capital Markets industry median of 20.5. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Blackstone Inc. Stock Price History

Blackstone Inc.’s (BX) price is currently up 12.6% so far this month.

During the month of May, Blackstone Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $152.000 and a low of $130.957.

Over the last year, Blackstone Inc. has hit prices as high as $200.960 and as low as $115.660. Year to date, Blackstone Inc.’s stock is down 13.98%.

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What Caused Blackstone Inc. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of May 09, 2025, there were 15 analysts who downgraded Blackstone Inc.’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Blackstone Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Blackstone Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Blackstone Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a F, which means it is considered to be Ultra Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Blackstone Inc. (BX) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Blackstone Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of May 09, 2025, Blackstone Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -0.36%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 53 and is considered to be Average.

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Blackstone Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of May 12, 2025, Blackstone Inc.’s stock price is $148.310, which is up 6.4% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Blackstone Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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