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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Blackstone Inc. (BX) pays a $5.23 annual dividend ($1.29 quarterly), yielding 3.84% at $136.15/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-03. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.84%
Annual Dividend: $5.23 per share
Payout Ratio: 181.5% (based on depressed trailing earnings — see safety analysis below)
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-03
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 20
Blackstone Inc. is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, running strategies across real estate, private equity, and credit. The Blackstone Inc. dividend currently yields 3.84%, with a trailing annual rate of $5.23 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is August 3, 2026, and the last declared payment was $1.29 per share. With a beta of 1.558, BX stock carries above-average price volatility, making it a better fit for income-focused investors who can tolerate swings in share price.
Blackstone Inc. pays out 181.5% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as high (above 75%). That figure reflects the nature of BX's business model: as an alternative asset manager, its reported earnings fluctuate with performance fees and realized investment gains across real estate, private equity, and credit portfolios, which can compress the ratio in strong years and inflate it in weaker ones. Blackstone Inc. dividend safety is therefore harder to assess through the payout ratio alone than it would be for a traditional industrial company. The most significant pressure point is that a sustained slowdown in deal activity or asset realizations across its global investment platforms would directly reduce the income available to fund the dividend.
Blackstone Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.5% per year from 2008 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.20 to $4.132 over that period (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 90.3% in 2013, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, reflecting the variable nature of BX's earnings-linked distributions.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -6.2% | $5.01 (2022) | $4.13 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +16.7% | $1.91 (2020) | $4.13 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +3.6% | $2.90 (2015) | $4.13 (2025) |
BX stock fits income-focused investors who understand that its distributions are tied to the performance of a global alternative asset management business, not a fixed corporate payout. The current yield of 3.84% sits in the moderate (2-4%) range, and it runs above the 5-year average of 2.86%, which means today's entry point offers a historically elevated income rate. The trade-off is real: a payout ratio of 181.5% and a beta of 1.558 mean both the dividend amount and the share price can move sharply with market conditions. What an investor gets is meaningful current income from one of the largest alternative asset platforms in the world; what they accept is meaningful variability in both.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | $1.2900 |
| 2026-05-04 | $1.1600 |
| 2026-02-09 | $1.4900 |
| 2025-11-03 | $1.2900 |
| 2025-08-04 | $1.0300 |
| 2025-04-28 | $0.3720 |
| 2025-02-10 | $1.4400 |
| 2024-10-28 | $0.8600 |
| 2024-07-29 | $0.8200 |
| 2024-04-26 | $0.8300 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.9400 |
| 2025 | $4.1320 |
| 2024 | $3.4500 |
| 2023 | $3.3200 |
| 2022 | $5.0100 |
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