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Blackstone Inc.

Rising onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normBacked by solid revenue growth
$BX·$152B·Asset Management·Financial Services
$126.89-1.6%YTD-18.2%1Y-26.4%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $BX, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

The specific quality-alt-asset compounder for the AI-generational thesis — July 23 has to confirm FRE trajectory.

Blackstone is the largest US alternative-asset manager — the specific platform running private-equity, real estate, credit, and infrastructure across a $1T+ AUM base. The stock is at 31% of its 52-week range going into July 23 earnings on Morningstar's undervalued call.

Why the setup is aligned:

  • Fundamentals are best-in-class asset management: 49% operating margin, 20% return on invested capital, and 88% gross margin at 30x TTM P/E — the specific numbers that let Blackstone compound at durable rates through market cycles.
  • The AI-as-generational-thesis framing is category-defining: Blackstone's mid-year Office of the CIO update reiterating this thesis places BX as the specific alt-asset play on AI infrastructure spend.
  • The Blackstone Energy Transition Partners deal for Dresser Utility Solutions confirms the platform: first investment from the new energy-transition PE vehicle means the fundraising cycle is converting to deployment, which is the specific earnings lever.
  • The tape is coiled: sitting 7.5% above the 50-day but 3.8% below the 200-day at 31% of the 52-week range — a stock being repositioned into on the undervalued framing.

July 23 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming fee-related-earnings acceleration plus specific AI-infrastructure deployment commentary extends the leg; a soft realizations print or a specific fundraising decel is the specific setup for the coil to break lower.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the AI-generational-thesis reiteration and the Morningstar undervalued designation, and the fundamentals genuinely support it — 49% operating margin at Blackstone's scale is elite. The gap the corpus isn't sizing is realization-cycle sensitivity; that's the specific line that has kept the multiple compressed.

What to watch: The July 23 print — fee-related-earnings acceleration, realizations commentary, and any commentary on AI-infrastructure fund deployment. Above-consensus FRE plus AI-infra deployment extends the leg; a soft realizations print activates the coil-break-down risk.

On the calendar: 2026-07-23 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-17

Blackstone chatter is a mix of concrete deal and technical setup. The signature news is Blackstone partnering with Anthropic to launch enterprise AI firm ODE - a direct AI-consulting exposure play. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners also agreed to acquire Dresser Utility Solutions as the first investment from Blackstone's latest energy-transition PE vintage (Dresser's measurement/controls fit the AI-power-grid thesis). Trader posts describe BX as 'ready to RIP to $130-132' with a $130 8/21 call trade. A humorous stat post notes 'the FIFA World Cup earns more revenue in a quarter than Blackstone' - a scale-comparison, not a bear thesis. BX is being added to TradFi Perp lists on AlphaX. There is no substantive bear thread; the tone lands bullish on real news.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Largest alternative asset manager with ~$1T AUM across private equity, real estate, credit, and hedge fund strategies.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Asset Management sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $BX.

Asset Management · Financial Services

No material change from last week — AI infrastructure (data centers, power, logistics) and Bitcoin treasury strategies, both of which require patient institutional capital that private market..

What this means for $BX

Direct beneficiary — Largest alternative asset manager with ~$1T AUM across private equity, real estate, credit, and hedge fund strategies; primary revenue lines track directly to the Bitcoin treasury and AI infrastructure alternative asset allocation shift.

Top industry ETF

$IAIiShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF
+4.7%YTD
+8.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
29.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
20.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
48.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
2.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
9.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
36.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
87.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 23, 2026$1.36$1.34+1.5%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$1.75$1.54+13.6%
Q3 2025Oct 23, 2025$1.52$1.23+23.6%
Q2 2025Jul 24, 2025$1.21$1.10+10.0%
Next earningsThu, Jul 23·consensus EPS $1.32

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$4.1B+39.3%98.5%38.8%$0.83$957.6M
Q4 FY25$4.4B+54.7%64.5%54.2%$1.30$-25.5M
Q3 FY25$2.8B-6.2%95.5%51.4%$0.80$1.6B
Q2 FY25$3.7B+54.5%96.3%51.6%$0.98$848.4M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$14.8B$14.1B – $15.9B$5.85$5.56 – $6.156
FY27$18.5B$17.2B – $20.5B$7.45$6.88 – $8.077
FY28$20.0B$19.3B – $20.7B$8.38$7.31 – $9.222
FY29$14.1B$13.4B – $15.0B$9.33$8.73 – $10.121

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.28%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+5.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-5.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 734.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.585-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyMay 11Ruth PoratDirector439 sh$54KSellMay 1Vikrant SawhneyChief Administrative Officer30.0K sh$3.8MBuyFeb 17Ruth PoratDirector525 sh$69K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 238-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Delaware 001-33551 20-8875684 furnished a Reg FD disclosure covering: mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new .

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 43
AI summary

A new insider filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of BX securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at BX.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 133
AI summary

Blackstone Treasury Holdings III L.L.C. filed an initial Form 3 for Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. (BXDC) on May 13, 2026, disclosing indirect beneficial ownership of 5 shares of common stock (held indirectly through affiliated entities). As a 10% owner and director-affiliated entity of Blackstone Inc., this filing reflects Blackstone's initial ownership stake in its Digital Infrastructure Trust vehicle.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 123
AI summary

Blackstone Holdings I L.P. filed an initial Form 3 for ARKO Petroleum Corp. (APC) on February 12, 2026, disclosing indirect beneficial ownership of 50,000 shares of Class A common stock held indirectly through related entities (with other affiliated entities holding 0 shares). Blackstone Holdings I is a 10% owner-affiliated entity of Blackstone Inc.; the filing reflects Blackstone's initial threshold ownership in ARKO Petroleum upon completing an investment or reorganization.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 248-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 12 other (4 13Fs · 2 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Why Blackstone Inc. (BX) is Poised to Beat Earnings Estimates Againzacks.com·2d agoBlackstone Inc. (BX) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growthzacks.com·2d agoBlackstone Inc. (BX) Boasts Earnings & Price Momentum: Should You Buy?zacks.com·2d agoBlackstone: The Largest Data Center Investor Is On Sale Yielding 3.8%seekingalpha.com·3d agoAnthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman Introduce Ode with Anthropic, an Enterprise AI Services Firmbusinesswire.com·3d ago

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