NYSE$BX

BlackStone Group LP · Q4 2021 earnings

Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Blackstone achieved record inflows and AUM, driven by outstanding investment performance.

Blackstone reported a remarkable finish to a record-breaking year with strong fourth quarter results. The company's limited partners entrusted them with $270 billion of inflows in 2021, with assets under management rising 42% to $881 billion.

  • Fee Related Earnings (FRE) of $1.8 billion ($1.52/share) in the quarter, up 144% year-over-year.
  • Distributable Earnings (DE) of $2.3 billion ($1.71/share) in the quarter, up 55% year-over-year.
  • Total Assets Under Management (AUM) of $880.9 billion, up 42% year-over-year.
  • Inflows of $154.8 billion in the quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$4.46B

Previous: $3.63B+22.8%
EPS (adj)

$1.71

Previous: $1.13+51.3%
Fee-Earning AUM

$650B

Previous: $469B+38.5%
Quarterly Inflows

$155B

No prior period
Perpetual Capital AUM

$313B

Previous: $135B+132.3%
Capital Expenditures

$19.9M

Previous: $40.8M-51.3%
Free Cash Flow

-$834M

Previous: $269M-409.7%
Net Income

$2.94B

Previous: $1.81B+62.1%
Operating Income

$3.38B

Previous: $2.08B+62.4%
Gross Profit

$4.2B

Previous: -$615M+783.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$2.12B

Previous: $2B+6.1%
Total Assets

$41.2B

Previous: $26.3B+56.8%
Stock-Based Comp

$183M

Previous: $88.9M+106.3%

Revenue & EPS history

BlackStone · Revenue · Quarterly

$4.46B

Q4 2021+22.8%vs Q4 2020
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

BlackStone · $3.19B total across 2 segments · Q4 2021

  • Fee-Related Perf. Rev.
    $1.73B+505.8%
  • Mgmt & Advisory Fees
    $1.46B+28.7%

Forward guidance

The document does not contain specific forward guidance, but it expresses optimism about future performance.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2021

Historical avgQ4 2021

+1.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.6%

Avg return

30 days after

62%

40 / 65 earnings

Positive

+11.5%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-8.1%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+1.0%-6.3%-8.6%
Q4 2025-2.6%-8.8%-22.8%
Q3 2025-4.2%-6.2%-11.8%
Q2 2025-1.1%-5.3%+2.7%
Q1 2025+0.8%-3.5%+13.4%
Q4 2024-4.1%-7.8%-13.1%
Q3 2024+7.9%+5.5%+13.6%
Q2 2024+2.8%+6.5%-0.4%
Q1 2024-3.9%+0.9%+2.0%
Q4 2023+3.3%+5.4%+3.7%
Q3 2023-7.7%-7.0%+2.6%
Q2 2023-3.0%-3.5%-8.7%
Q1 2023-3.3%-6.6%-10.2%
Q4 2022+7.9%+8.0%+0.2%
Q3 2022-2.6%+4.3%+4.5%
Q2 2022-4.6%-7.4%+2.2%
Q1 2022-8.1%-10.9%-10.6%
Q4 2021+11.5%+21.1%+15.5%
Q3 2021+6.9%+10.5%+13.8%
Q2 2021+5.2%+8.0%+7.1%
Q1 2021+8.6%+10.3%+13.0%
Q4 2020+3.3%+6.8%+6.7%
Q3 2020-1.7%-1.0%+16.7%
Q2 2020-4.0%-6.6%-8.7%
Q1 2020+4.5%+10.9%+16.4%
Q4 2019-2.5%+1.0%-14.1%
Q3 2019+6.0%+7.5%+4.4%
Q2 2019+0.8%+7.3%+4.3%
Q1 2019+8.6%+10.6%+13.1%
Q4 2018+2.6%+4.5%+1.2%
Q3 2018-4.0%-6.4%-10.1%
Q2 2018-0.8%-0.1%-0.1%
Q1 2018+1.4%+1.3%-1.5%
Q4 2017-3.4%-5.2%-8.8%
Q3 2017+2.9%+3.3%-5.1%
Q2 2017-1.0%-0.7%-9.4%
Q1 2017+0.7%+2.8%-0.6%
Q4 2016+2.2%+0.0%-3.5%
Q3 2016+0.5%-1.8%+4.6%
Q2 2016+6.1%+7.1%+9.1%
Q1 2016-3.4%
Q4 2015+2.6%
Q3 2015+2.9%
Q2 2015+0.6%
Q1 2015+2.0%
Q4 2014+1.6%
Q3 2014+0.8%
Q2 2014+5.0%
Q1 2014+2.6%
Q4 2013+5.9%
Q3 2013+2.9%
Q2 2013+8.4%
Q1 2013-1.9%
Q4 2012+9.5%
Q3 2012+4.1%
Q2 2012+1.9%
Q1 2012+2.1%
Q2 2011-1.2%
Q4 2011-1.2%
Q3 2011-7.2%
Q1 2011+0.5%
Q4 2010+2.9%
Q3 2010-0.5%
Q2 2010-1.3%
Q1 2010+7.0%

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