Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of The Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CG - Free Report) by 33.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,364,231 shares of the financial services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 594,661 shares during the quarter. Amundi owned about 0.66% of The Carlyle Group worth $123,673,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC lifted its stake in The Carlyle Group by 72.8% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,051,757 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $174,469,000 after acquiring an additional 1,707,520 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in The Carlyle Group by 22.8% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,107,301 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $90,740,000 after acquiring an additional 391,553 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in The Carlyle Group by 68.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,919,439 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $82,651,000 after purchasing an additional 777,304 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in The Carlyle Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $83,784,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in The Carlyle Group by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,406,201 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $70,999,000 after purchasing an additional 14,024 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.88% of the company's stock.

A number of research firms have issued reports on CG. StockNews.com lowered The Carlyle Group from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on The Carlyle Group from $56.00 to $54.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on The Carlyle Group from $78.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Evercore ISI raised their price target on The Carlyle Group from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded The Carlyle Group from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $60.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $54.93.

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Shares of CG stock opened at $40.03 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $51.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $49.13. The stock has a market cap of $14.46 billion, a PE ratio of 14.40, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.73. The Carlyle Group Inc. has a 1 year low of $36.65 and a 1 year high of $57.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 2.32 and a current ratio of 2.32.

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The financial services provider reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.00 by ($0.08). The Carlyle Group had a return on equity of 24.02% and a net margin of 18.81%. Sell-side analysts forecast that The Carlyle Group Inc. will post 4.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st were issued a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.50%. The Carlyle Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.36%.

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The Carlyle Group Inc is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in management-led/ Leveraged buyouts, privatizations, divestitures, strategic minority equity investments, structured credit, global distressed and corporate opportunities, small and middle market, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, senior debt, mezzanine and leveraged finance, and venture and growth capital financings, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, PIPES.

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