CG has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Carlyle Group from $57.00 to $44.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Cowen raised Carlyle Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Citigroup cut their target price on Carlyle Group from $55.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Bank of America cut their target price on Carlyle Group from $47.00 to $46.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 4th. Finally, TD Cowen raised Carlyle Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $56.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th.

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Shares of Carlyle Group stock opened at $54.99 on Thursday. Carlyle Group has a one year low of $33.02 and a one year high of $57.50. The company has a market cap of $19.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.64, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 2.36 and a current ratio of 2.36. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $46.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.77.

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 9th. The financial services provider reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.17. Carlyle Group had a return on equity of 23.78% and a net margin of 19.00%. The firm had revenue of $973.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $972.27 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.01 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that Carlyle Group will post 4.48 EPS for the current year.

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 19th were paid a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 19th. Carlyle Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 47.46%.

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,292,937 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,058,929,000 after buying an additional 1,131,514 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors grew its holdings in shares of Carlyle Group by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 19,778,358 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $998,609,000 after acquiring an additional 50,784 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Carlyle Group by 15.5% in the 4th quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 13,249,941 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $668,990,000 after acquiring an additional 1,773,465 shares during the period. Boston Partners grew its holdings in shares of Carlyle Group by 7.1% in the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 7,102,085 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $358,687,000 after acquiring an additional 467,767 shares during the period. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its holdings in shares of Carlyle Group by 7.5% in the 1st quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,827,559 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $297,613,000 after acquiring an additional 476,127 shares during the period. 55.88% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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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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