Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Blackstone Inc shares valued at $56,714,670 were sold by Blackstone EMA III L.L.C. on Jan 08 ’26. At $45.00 per share, Blackstone EMA III L.L.C. sold 1,260,326 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 178,571 shares worth approximately $27.85 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Blackstone Holdings IV GP Mana purchased 384,468 shares, netting a total of over 10,000,000 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $26.01 each, the insider now holds 16,525,117 shares.
Before that, Mozart Aggregator II LP had sold 13,462,600 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $381,911,076, the 10% Owner traded Blackstone Inc shares for $28.37 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 13,462,600 shares, worth approximately $22.33 billion.
Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of April 08, 2025, Citizens JMP has increased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “Mkt outperform” for BX. Earlier on March 17, 2025, UBS upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for BX stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing BX Stock Performance
On last trading session, Blackstone Inc [NYSE: BX] rose 1.34% to $155.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $154.81, but it reached a high of $157.8858 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.46%. Over the course of the year, Blackstone Inc shares have dropped approximately -13.03%.
Is Blackstone Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Blackstone Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.13 million shares to 10.7 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 10.57 million shares. A jump of 1.21% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.01 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.01.
Which companies own the most shares of Blackstone Inc (BX)?
In terms of Blackstone Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 172 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.75% from the previous closing price of $153.91. Analysts anticipate Blackstone Inc stock to reach 215 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 166. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Blackstone Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On December 12, 2024, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $195.
