BX Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own BX shares is 2405, representing 74.02% of the company's common stock.

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BX by -2.78% restricting it's holding to 9.53 million shares of worth nearly $1.25B. ARISTOTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also lessened -2.15% of the BX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 8.46 million shares of worth $1.11B. BESSEMER GROUP INC also shunned BX shares holding by -5.01% last quarter which brought its holding to 3.46 million shares worth $454.41M.

As per its latest 13F filing, RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES increased its stake in BX by 2.84% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.43 million shares having worth more than $188.42M. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ also added 1.95% more shares of BX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 10.93 million shares of worth $1.44B. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also increased its BX shares holding by 39.8% which brought its holding to 5.1 million shares worth $669.82M.

The insider with the most stakes in BX is Blackstone Inc. , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, BX stock is highly held by 10 percent owner GSO Altus Holdings LP and 10 percent owner Blackstone Holdings III L.P. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.97% percent of Blackstone Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 5 transaction(s) in which BX insiders have sold stock, totaling 93.44K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include FINLEY JOHN G, BARATTA JOSEPH, and PAYNE DAVID.

There have been 2 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Blackstone Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 95 shares

Around 2.6M Blackstone Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.97% of BX stock.

BX 10 percent owner, Blackstone Inc. holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BX shares owned by Blackstone total nearly 51.11 million.

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES is the largest institutional owner in BX which holds 1.43 million shares worth $188.42M or 0.19% of the total BX shares outstanding followed by BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ with ownership of 10.93 million shares representing 1.44% of the BX ownership. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA is the third largest stakeholder with 9.53 million shares or 1.26% of the ownership worth more than $1.25B.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the BX is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of BX shares short is 13.28M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 722.00M shares of BX are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, BX has 727.09M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for BX is 3.75.