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Blackstone (Blackstone) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Blackstone Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Blackstone has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BX' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Blackstone was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Blackstone Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Blackstone Piotroski F-Score Chart

Blackstone Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 4.00

Blackstone Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 -

Competitive Comparison of Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blackstone's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was 85.812 + 601.274 + 551.994 + 151.8 = $1,391 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 352.728 + 1725.576 + 1082.914 + 895.688 = $4,057 Mil.
Revenue was 1301.642 + 2463.517 + 2135.69 + 1105.8 = $7,007 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(42524.227 + 41086.439 + 41582.784 + 41663.823 + 40287.53) / 5 = $41428.9606 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $42,524 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $12,294 Mil.
Total Assets was $40,288 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $22,212 Mil.
Net Income was 1216.874 + -29.393 + 2.296 + 557.854 = $1,748 Mil.

Revenue was 3879.505 + 760.516 + 974.09 + 1518.521 = $7,133 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(41196.408 + 43344.078 + 41631.308 + 40259.321 + 42524.227) / 5 = $41791.0684 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $41,196 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13,371 Mil.
Total Assets was $42,524 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $22,843 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Blackstone's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,391. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Blackstone's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 4,057. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=1390.88/42524.227
=0.03270794

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=1747.631/41196.408
=0.04242193

Blackstone's return on assets of this year was 0.03270794. Blackstone's return on assets of last year was 0.04242193. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Blackstone's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,391. Blackstone's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 4,057. ==> 4,057 > 1,391 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=12293.882/41428.9606
=0.29674609

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=13371.038/41791.0684
=0.31994966

Blackstone's gearing of this year was 0.29674609. Blackstone's gearing of last year was 0.31994966. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=40287.53/22212.316
=1.81374738

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=42524.227/22843.16
=1.86157375

Blackstone's current ratio of this year was 1.81374738. Blackstone's current ratio of last year was 1.86157375. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Blackstone's number of shares in issue this year was 758.311. Blackstone's number of shares in issue last year was 742.953. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=1390.88/7006.649
=0.19850859

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=1747.631/7132.632
=0.24501909

Blackstone's net margin of this year was 0.19850859. Blackstone's net margin of last year was 0.24501909. ==> Last year's net margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec22)
=7006.649/42524.227
=0.1647684

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=7132.632/41196.408
=0.17313723

Blackstone's asset turnover of this year was 0.1647684. Blackstone's asset turnover of last year was 0.17313723. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=4

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Blackstone has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Blackstone  (NYSE:BX) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Blackstone (Blackstone) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
345 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10154
Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset managers with $1.001 trillion in total asset under management, including $731.1 billion in fee-earning asset under management, at the end of June 2023. The company has four core business segments: private equity (23% of fee-earning AUM and 27% of base management fees); real estate (39% and 44%); credit & insurance (28% and 21%); and hedge fund solutions (10% and 8%). While the firm primarily serves institutional investors (87% of AUM), it also caters to clients in the high-net-worth channel (13%). Blackstone operates through 25 offices located in the Americas (8), Europe and the Middle East (9), and the Asia-Pacific region (8).
Executives
David Payne officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP INC., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Ruth Porat director C/O GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PRKW, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
John G Finley officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Joseph Baratta director C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVE., NEW YORK NY 10154
Reginald J Brown director C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP INC., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
William G Parrett director THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
James Breyer director ACCEL PARTNERS, 428 UNIVERSITY AVE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Hamilton E James director, officer: President and COO JEFFERSON RIVER CAPITAL, 499 PARK AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jonathan Gray director C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVE. 31ST FL., NEW YORK NY 10154
Joan Solotar officer: SMD - Public Market Activities THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.,, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Christopher Striano officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P., 345 PARK AVE., NEW YORK NY 10154
John A. Hood director C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Kelly Ayotte director C/O NEWS CORPORATION, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Bennett J Goodman director C/O GSO CAPITAL PARTNERS LP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
J Tomilson Hill director, officer: Vice Chairman