Brown Advisory Inc. trimmed its position in shares of Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CG - Free Report) by 65.6% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 303,805 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 578,371 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. owned approximately 0.08% of Carlyle Group worth $13,243,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,161,423 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,169,420,000 after acquiring an additional 180,757 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 19,778,358 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $998,609,000 after acquiring an additional 50,784 shares in the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 15.5% in the fourth quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 13,249,941 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $668,990,000 after acquiring an additional 1,773,465 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 7,102,085 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $358,687,000 after acquiring an additional 467,767 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 201.4% in the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,351,432 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $320,684,000 after acquiring an additional 4,244,131 shares in the last quarter. 55.88% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Shares of CG stock opened at $58.50 on Friday. The stock's 50-day moving average is $47.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.96. The firm has a market cap of $21.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.83, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.86. Carlyle Group Inc. has a 1 year low of $33.02 and a 1 year high of $58.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 2.36 and a current ratio of 2.36.

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

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 27th. Investors of record on Monday, May 19th were issued a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 19th. Carlyle Group's dividend payout ratio is currently 47.46%.

Several analysts have recently issued reports on CG shares. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Carlyle Group from $45.00 to $49.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, May 23rd. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on Carlyle Group from $57.00 to $44.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Citigroup upgraded Carlyle Group from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price target for the company from $44.00 to $65.00 in a research note on Thursday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on Carlyle Group from $43.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Finally, JMP Securities cut their price target on Carlyle Group from $62.00 to $58.00 and set a "market outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $56.13.

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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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