BX short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Jaxson Clark

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Blackstone Inc shares valued at $47,632 were purchased by Porat Ruth on Nov 10 ’25. At $146.92 per share, Porat Ruth acquired 324 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 39,077 shares worth approximately $5.45 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Porat Ruth purchased 78 shares, netting a total of over 11,204 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $143.40 each, the insider now holds 8,763 shares.

Before that, BREYER JAMES had added 13,900 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,999,635, the Director bought Blackstone Inc shares for $143.86 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 13,900 shares, worth approximately $9.61 million.

As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on October 03, 2025, Blackstone Inc [BX] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $190. Analysts at Citizens JMP upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”a Mkt outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 17, 2025, UBS has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for BX. Earlier on December 12, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for BX stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing BX Stock Performance

On last trading session, Blackstone Inc [NYSE: BX] plunged -3.35% to $139.53. The stock’s lowest price that day was $137.96, but it reached a high of $143.66 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.72%. Over the course of the year, Blackstone Inc shares have dropped approximately -23.56%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $190.09 on 09/18/25 and a 52-week low of $115.66 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Blackstone Inc (BX)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 137.11, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 134.68. In the upper region, resistance lies at 142.81. The next price resistance is at 146.08. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 27.59 on the 14-day chart, showing oversold technical sentiment.

Is Blackstone Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Blackstone Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 3.13 million shares to 14.96 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 11.83 million shares. A jump of 20.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.59 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.59.

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In terms of Blackstone Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 169.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.41% from the previous closing price of $144.36. Analysts anticipate Blackstone Inc stock to reach 215 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 166. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Blackstone Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 09, 2024, TD Cowen assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $230.

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