BX - The Blackstone Group L.P.

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44.78
-0.02 (-0.04%)
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Previous Close44.80
Open45.10
Bid44.82 x 800
Ask44.83 x 900
Day's Range44.56 - 45.64
52 Week Range26.88 - 45.64
Volume2,736,207
Avg. Volume4,564,439
Market Cap51.367B
Beta (3Y Monthly)1.61
PE Ratio (TTM)18.40
EPS (TTM)2.43
Earnings DateJul 17, 2019 - Jul 22, 2019
Forward Dividend & Yield1.48 (3.30%)
Ex-Dividend Date2019-04-26
1y Target Est46.09
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  • Market Exclusive5 hours ago

    Market Morning: Iran Downs Drone, Gold Breaks Through, Mexico Approves USMCA

    The Persian Gulf is Boiling Iran shot down a US drone in the Straits of Hormuz, the narrowest point of the Persian Gulf, the biggest oil shipping lane in the world. The Iran Revolutionary Guards claimed credit for the move, the first time the country has admitted to playing a role in blowing something up […]The post Market Morning: Iran Downs Drone, Gold Breaks Through, Mexico Approves USMCA appeared first on Market Exclusive.

  • Bloomberg23 hours ago

    Oxford, Please Don't Blow Schwarzman's Millions

    (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Stephen Schwarzman didn’t become a billionaire by wasting money. The Blackstone Group LP co-founder had better make sure that Oxford University doesn’t squander his record 150 million-pound ($189 million) gift to construct a new building.Predictably, the donation has been met with online criticism of the donor for making money from private equity and for not giving the cash to more worthy causes. Oxford has also been attacked for accepting the bounty. This is misplaced. Fortunes aren’t made by squirreling away pennies in savings accounts. Would the critics prefer Schwarzman spent it on himself?The gift, which will allow Oxford to gather most of its arts faculties in one place as well as house a new center for the study of ethics in artificial intelligence, is a welcome endorsement of the value of humanities in modern education, as the university says. It also shows that Oxford can raise serious money privately, something it may have to do more of.Oxford has in recent years undertaken several large building projects that were delivered successfully. It is accustomed to seeing that large donations are well spent. But this benefaction is on another scale.There must be concerns. The use of proceeds here isn’t an obvious priority. The university’s arts faculties already have homes, but this project will give them a new shared one, with additional resources such as a theater and broadcast studio. That’s clearly an ideal setup. Collaboration and good ideas come when people bump into each other. What’s more, the facilities should enable Oxford to better compete for post-doctoral and academic expertise globally. Other U.K. universities, already at a resource disadvantage, can only look on with increasing despair.While the ethics of anything is a cause worthy of financial support, only a handful of new academic posts are being created. The University is having to launch a separate fundraising program to beef out the faculty.And it’s debatable whether this new facility will make the slightest difference to recruiting undergraduates. This highlights an important strategic question for Oxford. Does it wish to be a top center for research, or the world-leading university for undergraduate teaching? It is a myth that there is a causal relationship between the two.The big risk here is that Schwarzman’s gift is squandered by the uniquely dysfunctional governance of the university. The institution has three power bases – the central university, the faculties and the individual (and autonomous) colleges to which students and academics are attached. Straddling these are various committees, often with shared functions. It is a structure that is inimical to good decision-making, or often any decision at all.The creation of Oxford’s business school two decades ago was hampered by internal wrangling such as whether it could offer academics more than the standard university pay scale allowed to lure top talent from the likes of Harvard and Insead. Oxford has seen some reforms since then, but the fundamental framework persists.The scope for paralysis is high with so many departments involved and the project at such an early stage. This being Oxford, the likelihood is that no single individual will have full power over how the money is spent. One committee, though, will oversee the project, chaired by David Prout, the former boss of Britain’s HS2 high-speed rail project. Hopefully, this panel will be able to make decisions like a corporate board.Schwarzman’s building will go up one day and will be a welcome addition. But the drama is likely to be as much in its construction as in its spaces for the performing arts.(Updates to add recent building projects in fourth paragraph and committee chairman in penultimate paragraph.)To contact the author of this story: Chris Hughes at chughes89@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Edward Evans at eevans3@bloomberg.netThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Chris Hughes is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals. He previously worked for Reuters Breakingviews, as well as the Financial Times and the Independent newspaper.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinion©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

  • Schwarzman, Never an Oxford Student, Gives School $188 Million
    Bloombergyesterday

    Schwarzman, Never an Oxford Student, Gives School $188 Million

    (Bloomberg) -- Stephen Schwarzman gave the University of Oxford its largest donation since at least the Renaissance, even though the Blackstone Group LP co-founder never studied there.The 150 million pounds ($188 million) contribution will help pay for a new humanities building and the creation of an institute to study the ethics of artificial intelligence, Oxford said in a statement. The Schwarzman Centre will be within the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, just north of the city center, and will feature a 500-seat concert hall and 250-seat auditorium.The ethics institute “won’t just use the humanities, which are an unusual asset of Oxford,” Schwarzman said in a Bloomberg TV interview Wednesday. “We’ll use the other major parts of the university. If you can bring all that to bear, we’ll have better outcomes.”The private equity billionaire studied at Yale University and then got an MBA from Harvard Business School. He emerged as a major philanthropist in 2008 with a $100 million gift to the New York Public Library. In October, he gave $350 million to help establish a college of computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His name also will be on a campus center at Yale, and he created the Schwarzman Scholars program at Tsinghua University in Beijing to educate future global leaders about China.Fundraising EffortsThe size of the donation is unusual for U.K. universities, whose fundraising efforts trail their counterparts in the U.S. When hedge fund manager David Harding gave 100 million pounds to Cambridge University in February, it was at the time the biggest single private gift to a U.K. college from a British philanthropist. The nation’s universities have collectively received about $1 billion a year on average from donors since 2007, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Schwarzman’s gift exceeds the 75 million pounds that British venture capitalist Michael Moritz donated to Oxford in 2012. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, hold the title for the biggest private donation to a U.K. university after giving $210 million to Cambridge in 2001 to fund a scholarship program.Schwarzman, 72, is worth $15.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Since founding Blackstone in 1985 with former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. boss Peter Peterson, he’s collected more than $5 billion alone from a combination of stock sales, dividends and compensation. Blackstone had more than $500 billion of assets under management at the end of March, according to its website.Oxford HistoryTeaching in Oxford dates back to at least 1096, according to the university’s website. It was formally recognized by the early 13th century and has educated 27 British prime ministers, including Theresa May and her potential successor Boris Johnson. Oxford has an endowment fund with almost 3.5 billion pounds of assets under management.The donation is designed to also launch a fundraising campaign. Schwarzman said Brexit won’t affect the work his gift is intended to foster.“Things in the short term are not nearly as important as what we’re trying to do in the long term,” he said. “From my perspective on this gift, what’s important is we set up the right structure for 100 years, 200 years.” \--With assistance from Francine Lacqua.To contact the reporters on this story: Ben Stupples in London at bstupples@bloomberg.net;Heather Perlberg in Washington at hperlberg@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Pierre Paulden at ppaulden@bloomberg.net, Patrick Henry, Steven CrabillFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

  • Financial Timesyesterday

    FirstFT: Today’s top stories 

    FT subscribers can  click here to receive FirstFT every day by email. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are to hold a  bilateral meeting later this month at the G20 summit in Japan.  The two men spoke on the ...

  • Blackstone chief donates $188 million to Oxford University
    Reuters2 days ago

    Blackstone chief donates $188 million to Oxford University

    The head of private equity firm Blackstone has pledged 150 million pounds ($188.37 million) to Oxford University, the biggest single donation in its history, to fund a center for humanities that would also house an institute to study the ethics of artificial intelligence. Stephen Schwarzman, chairman, chief executive and co-founder of Blackstone which has about $500 billion in assets, said the donation would fund the Schwarzman Centre that would support programs ranging from history to music.

  • Blackstone Group (BX) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know
    Zacks2 days ago

    Blackstone Group (BX) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

    In the latest trading session, Blackstone Group (BX) closed at $43.39, marking a -1.92% move from the previous day.

  • Here's Why it is Wise to Hold on to Blackstone (BX) Stock Now
    Zacks2 days ago

    Here's Why it is Wise to Hold on to Blackstone (BX) Stock Now

    While higher costs are likely to hurt Blackstone's (BX) profits, its inorganic growth efforts and continued asset inflows will aid top line.

  • Financial Times2 days ago

    Blackstone boss hands Oxford record £150m gift

    Stephen Schwarzman, one of America’s richest businessmen, has given Oxford university its largest single donation in modern history by providing it with £150m, it was announced on Wednesday. The gift will fund the construction of a new hub that will bring together the university’s humanities faculties in one place for the first time, plus an institute focused on the ethical questions around artificial intelligence. The chairman, chief executive and co-founder of Blackstone, the world largest’s private equity firm, said his £150m donation to Oxford was “complementary” to his $350m contribution last year to the Schwarzman college of computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he considered the best AI research centre.

  • Moody's3 days ago

    Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. -- Moody's affirms the Baa3 rating at Sabine Pass Liquefaction and the Ba2 ratings at affiliate Cheniere Energy Partners

    Moody's Investors Service today affirmed the Baa3 rating assigned to Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC's (SPL) senior secured bonds as well as the Ba2 Corporate Family Rating (CFR) and Ba2 rating assigned to Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P's (CQP) senior unsecured notes. The outlooks for SPL and CQP are stable.

  • Moody's3 days ago

    Michaels Stores, Inc. -- Moody's assigns a B1 to Michaels sr unsecured notes

    Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") assigned a B1 to Michaels Stores, Inc.'s proposed 8 year $500 million senior unsecured note offering. Moody's affirmed Michaels' Ba2 Corporate Family rating, Ba2-PD Probability of Default ratings, and Ba2 senior secured rating. "This refinancing extends Michael's debt maturity ladder in a leverage neutral transaction thereby improving the company's overall credit profile".

  • Wall Street's Social Calendar Swells as Summer Tee Times Beckon
    Bloomberg3 days ago

    Wall Street's Social Calendar Swells as Summer Tee Times Beckon

    (Bloomberg) -- What does Wall Street do before disappearing for a few months of golf, tennis and beach-side soirees?Binge on benefits, of course. Because there’s no better way to earn some rest and relaxation than by enduring lukewarm entrees, too-long speeches and too many air kisses, all while raising money for nonprofits.Not to be jaded or anything. As Robert Steel said of his recent binge, attending an event for Hospital for Special Surgery, which he serves as a co-chairman with Thomas Lister of Permira, “They’re like my children, I love them all.”One advantage of New York this time of year is that some of the benefits are outdoors. The Public Theater convened with roller skaters at the Delacorte Theater where it presents Shakespeare. Palm trees swayed in light Bronx breezes as the New York Botanical Garden raised almost $2.2 million and honored Chairwoman emerita Maureen Chilton.The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo, went south to the Central Park Zoo, where the sea lions squealed and fed on fish.That wasn’t wild enough for Paul Tudor Jones.“One day -- it’s on my bucket list -- I want to go up to the Arctic and see a polar bear,” Jones said. “I have a huge spot for them in my heart because they’re always hungry looking for something to eat. I want them to find a washed-up whale and eat forever.”Julian Robertson said he’d gone eye-to-eye with his dog Bear earlier in the evening, while Averell Harriman Mortimer reminisced about the flying squirrels he kept as a kid in his Manhattan apartment.“Running Goldman Sachs equipped me for dealing with all species and manners of wildlife,” Lloyd Blankfein said.“Some of whom are endangered,” added Goldman Sachs lead director and private equity investor Adebayo Ogunlesi.In the Summer Garden & Bar at Rockefeller Center, Leon Black and his wife, Debra, joined Mike Milken and more than a thousand leveraged-finance professionals at a benefit for the Melanoma Research Alliance, which the Blacks founded. Then he presided at the Museum of Modern Art’s Party in the Garden to honor Alice Tisch and others. A day later, Black was at the Central Park Conservancy’s Taste of Summer, where Italian bistro Sistina served ravioli.The most important stat on his gala scorecard?“We’re up more than 20%,” Black said at the melanoma event, crediting Jeff Rowbottom of PSP Investments and Brendan Dillon of UBS for helping raise $2.4 million. The alliance’s funding has played a role in 12 drugs that received government approval.Andrew Tsai of Chalkstream Capital Group (named for the rivers in England where he learned fly fishing) said breakthroughs in treating skin cancers are leading to therapies for other types of the disease. He’s working to make that happen as co-chairman of the Cancer Research Institute, which has focused on immunotherapy for more than 50 years.“I want to make sure we do not stop until every single cancer type has been addressed in a significant way,” Tsai said at the institute’s Through the Kitchen benefit, where guests served themselves from buffets set up in the kitchen of the Pool & the Grill, then dined at comic strip-themed tables (Ken Langone sat with a cardboard cutout of Betty Boop).During dinner at the French consulate for the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, Bill Ackman committed $4.2 million to seven investigators, including Yael David, who studies how cancer cells react to sugar.As for those speeches, some managed to cut through the chatter.For an audience including David Einhorn and Marc Spilker, outgoing New 42nd Street President Cora Cahan described how the rigor of her modern dance career guided her in bringing a theater for families -- the New Victory -- to a seedy block.“Every day you dared not be satisfied,” she said. “And the next day you tried to do it all a little bit better, a little bit deeper, and a little bit higher.”The transformation of the New York Public Library, a few blocks east on 42nd Street, was also celebrated when Carnegie Hall presented its Medal of Excellence to Vartan Gregorian, head of the Carnegie Corporation.Author Robert Caro recalled what it was like to write “The Power Broker” at the library in the early ’70s, when hours were being cut, plywood covered marble and soot hid the beauty of the facade. He said things changed in the ’80s when Gregorian became the library’s president, which Caro discovered when he pulled up to the library with his wife to attend a gala.“There were three guys standing there in red English hunting coats, holding French horns,” Caro said. “As Ina and I got out of the car, they blew a fanfare.”Singer Lizzo blew out a speaker while performing at a UJA-Federation of New York benefit and she was even better without it at the event honoring IHeartRadio executives.Ethan Hawke, who appeared at a benefit for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, cut to the chase. “If a place like BAM doesn’t exist, then the mental health of all of NYC is deteriorating,” Hawke said.He could have been speaking at any number of fundraisers around town: the one for Prep for Prep that raised $3.8 million honoring Paul Taubman, the Moth Ball supporting the therapeutic process of storytelling where guests included Adam Dell and Scott Lawin, the 92nd Street Y benefit with seven dinners highlighting a different way the institution serves the community (from summer camps to jewelry classes; Thomas Kaplan hosted one on foreign affairs).Robert Smith emphasized the power of live music to level the playing field. The Apollo Theater’s stage is a meritocracy because “regardless of who you are or where you came from, by the end of the set, you know exactly how good you are,” he said in a video that played at a benefit for the Harlem venue.On another night, Smith joked he and guests had finally made it by getting to have dinner on the stage of Carnegie Hall. But then he clarified. “For us, making it isn’t just dining on the stage,” he said. “It’s taking this hall to thousands of people every single year through the artistic and educational programming that we’ve been able to build, support and sustain.”\--With assistance from Sophie Alexander.To contact the reporter on this story: Amanda Gordon in New York at agordon01@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Pierre Paulden at ppaulden@bloomberg.net, Steven CrabillFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

  • MoneyShow3 days ago

    Blackstone- A Blue Chip in Private Equity

    With institutional capital's flight from hedge funds into the private equity sector, expect blue chip firms like Blackstone (BX) to continue to increase raise enormous funds, suggests John Freund, income and growth specialist and editor of BullMarket Report.

  • Barrons.com5 days ago

    Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman and Other Visionary Founders on Our List of the World’s Best CEOs

    With patience and skill, Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman helped build an alternative-investment powerhouse that soon will be available to a much larger universe of investors.

  • PR Newswire6 days ago

    Blackstone Mortgage Trust Declares $0.62 Per Share Dividend

    NEW YORK, June 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (BXMT) today declared a dividend of $0.62 per share of class A common stock with respect to the second quarter of 2019. Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) is a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by commercial real estate in North America, Europe, and Australia. Blackstone (BX) is one of the world's leading investment firms.

  • Business Wire6 days ago

    GSO Capital Partners' Second Energy Select Opportunities Fund Strategy Closes on $4.5 Billion in LP Commitments

    GSO Capital Partners, Blackstone’s (BX) credit platform, today announced the final closing of the GSO Energy Select Opportunities Fund II strategy (“the Fund”), at $4.5 billion. With strong support from both existing and new investors, the Fund is among the largest dedicated energy-focused credit funds in the market. GSO sourced commitments from a global investor base, including U.S. state, corporate and international pension funds, financial institutions, endowments, foundations and family offices.

  • Indicators suggest Blackstone may be changing its real estate strategy
    American City Business Journals7 days ago

    Indicators suggest Blackstone may be changing its real estate strategy

    Residential appraiser Ryan Lundquist said he was intrigued when he spotted about 10 Blackstone-owned homes for sale this month locally.

  • 8 Financial Stocks That Can Thrive Amid an Inverted Yield Curve
    Investopedia8 days ago

    8 Financial Stocks That Can Thrive Amid an Inverted Yield Curve

    Investors seeking financial stocks that can outperform amid the market's crosscurrents in 2019 might consider eight financial services companies in industries such as exchanges, property insurance, alternative asset management, and mortgages. While banks are currently rebounding in the latest rally, their profits are likely to be pressured by an inverted yield curve that will squeeze earnings.

  • Financial Times8 days ago

    Correction: Blackstone

    Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, rather than the largest asset manager as incorrectly stated in an article on June 12. Copyright © 2015 The Financial Times Limited. Please don't ...

  • Blackstone Group (BX) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
    Zacks9 days ago

    Blackstone Group (BX) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

    In the latest trading session, Blackstone Group (BX) closed at $42.80, marking a +0.82% move from the previous day.

  • Did Hedge Funds Drop The Ball On The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)?
    Insider Monkey9 days ago

    Did Hedge Funds Drop The Ball On The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)?

    World-class money managers like Ken Griffin and Barry Rosenstein only invest their wealthy clients' money after undertaking a rigorous examination of any potential stock. They are particularly successful in this regard when it comes to small-cap stocks, which their peerless research gives them a big information advantage on when it comes to judging their worth. […]

  • TheStreet.com9 days ago

    Blackstone Group Could Rally Further in the Months Ahead

    In this daily bar chart of BX, below, we can see heavy volume in December as prices reversed from a downtrend to an uptrend. Prices and the On-Balance-Volume (OBV) line made a "V"-like bottom. In this weekly bar chart of BX, below, we can see an advance the past three years.

  • Blackstone's Tony James Backs Mount Sinai's $100 Million AI Push
    Bloomberg9 days ago

    Blackstone's Tony James Backs Mount Sinai's $100 Million AI Push

    Eight months after Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman pledged $350 million to establish a college of computing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Executive Vice Chairman Tony James and wife Amabel are providing the funds to create a center for artificial intelligence and human health at Mount Sinai’s medical school in New York.