Blackstone Inc. management check
BX · Financials · Asset Management & Custody Banks
Filings as of
2 good · 1 to watch · 1 flagged, across the seven questions below. Too few of them could be scored to rank this company.
- n/a
Have owners done well?
Not enough dataNo shareholder-return figures in the latest proxy.
- n/a
Does pay follow performance?
Not enough dataToo few years of pay and return figures to compare.
- n/a
What does the CEO cost owners?
Not enough dataNo pay or net income figure for the latest year.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
Insiders are selling4 insiders sold $28.2m in the last six months, against $116k bought.
- Flag
Are owners being diluted?
Share count growingDiluted shares changed +1.6% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 10.0% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
2 leadership filings in 3 years2 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Financials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | — | — | 49 |
| Pay for performance | — | — | 83 |
| CEO cost | — | — | 67 |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 51 |
| Dilution | 20 | 69 | |
| Stable leadership | 100 | 80 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Asset Management & Custody Banks, by management score.
- 48STTState Street Corporation80
- 65APOApollo Global Management79
- 66NTRSNorthern Trust79
- 165BNYBNY Mellon71
- 171AMPAmeriprise Financial71
- 243BLKBlackRock65
- 268ARESAres Management63
- 329TROWT. Rowe Price59
- 390IVZInvesco55
- 420BENFranklin Resources50
Pay versus performance
From the latest proxy. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
The latest proxy carries no tagged pay-versus-performance table.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
4 insiders sold $28.2m in the last six months, against $116k bought.
- BoughtRuth PoratDirector$116kAug 10, 2026
- SoldJoseph BarattaDirector$12.4mSep 18, 2026
- SoldVikrant SawhneyChief Administrative Officer$7.8mAug 4, 2026
- SoldJohn G FinleyChief Legal Officer$6.6mAug 11, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Oct 15, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 13, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 25, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 3, 2021Leadership change8-K 5.02
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $25.8bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 175% of net income, and $5.1bn of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $22.6bn | $8.5bn | $8.0bn | $13.2bn | $14.5bn |
| Net income | $5.9bn | $1.7bn | $1.4bn | $2.8bn | $3.0bn |
| Stock-based pay | $637.4m | $846.3m | $987.5m | $1.2bn | $1.4bn |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends | $4.6bn | $6.5bn | $4.3bn | $4.4bn | $6.0bn |
| Diluted shares | 720m | 741m | 755m | 767m | 780m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.