Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX ) Bernstein's 40th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference Call May 29, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Jon Gray - President & Chief Operating Officer Conference Call Participants Patrick Davitt - Autonomous Patrick Davitt Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us.
Conservative politicians are strengthening their ties to City firms, priming for potential job opportunities that could open up after the general election as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reveals the date of the contest.
Blackstone is set to grant shares to workers at the businesses it buys, The Wall Street Journal reported. It's set to award stock to employees at Copeland, which it bought last year for $14 billion.
The private-equity firm's plan is part of a broader movement in the buyout industry to expand ownership beyond management ranks.
I cautioned Blackstone investors to be wary about chasing BX stock in my last two articles. BX stock's relative underperformance has justified my caution, as it panned out as anticipated. Blackstone's well-diversified portfolio has several cyclical and secular growth drivers in the medium and long term.
Blackstone BX has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 11.93% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.32%. Currently, Blackstone has a market capitalization of $94.64 billion. Buying $1000 In BX: If an investor had bought $1000 of BX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,053.95 today based on a price of $125.92 for BX at the time of writing. Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time. This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
Specialized cloud services provider CoreWeave is raising $7.5 billion in debt from financiers led by Blackstone and Magnetar to expand its infrastructure to meet rising artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, it said on Friday.
CoreWeave's $7.5 billion debt financing follows a $1.1 billion funding round the startup announced two weeks ago.
The London Stock Exchange Group plc turned heads on Wednesday after the Thompson Reuters (TSX:TRIL)-Blackstone consortium sold the final chunk of its interest in the capital markets and data analytics firm. This fully removed an overhang on LSEG shares following a lengthy divestment process following LSEG's acquisition of Refinitiv from the consortium in 2019.