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BX vs FSD
Side-by-side comparison of Blackstone Inc. (BX) and First Trust High Income Long Short Fund (FSD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BX and FSD operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BX is the larger of the two at $107.65B, about 223.7x FSD ($481.3M).
- BX has hit the wire 10 times in the past 4 weeks while FSD has been quiet.
- BX has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for FSD).
Blackstone Inc.
The Blackstone Group Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The fund considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. The Blackstone Group Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe and North America.
First Trust High Income Long Short Fund
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund is a closed-ended fixed-income mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors, L.P. It is co-managed by MacKay Shields LLC. The fund invests in fixed-income markets across the globe. It primarily invests in high-yield corporate fixed-income securities of varying maturities that are rated below-investment grade, including corporate bonds, debentures, notes, and commercial papers. The fund employs fundamental analysis and a long/short strategy, with a focus on such factors as type, size, and cost of a security, financial statements of the issuer, credit quality and cash flow of the issuer, and evaluation of the forces which influence the market to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index. First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund was formed on June 18, 2010 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest BX
- Large owner Blackstone Holdings Iv L.P. bought $7,126,860 worth of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (272,642 units at $26.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: Large owner Blackstone Holdings Iv L.P. bought $20,125,000 worth of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (769,893 units at $26.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Legal Officer Finley John G sold $6,620,111 worth of shares (45,000 units at $147.11), decreasing direct ownership by 8% to 516,017 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Accounting Officer Payne David sold $1,379,685 worth of shares (9,500 units at $145.23), decreasing direct ownership by 13% to 64,448 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Porat Ruth bought $62,445 worth of shares (455 units at $137.20), increasing direct ownership by 0.89% to 42,189 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Blackstone Inc.
- Chief Administrative Officer Sawhney Vikrant sold $4,066,488 worth of shares (30,000 units at $135.55), decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 869,669 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Parrett William G acquired 1,500 shares and disposed of 1,500 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 30,029 units (SEC Form 4)
- Large owner Blackstone Holdings Ii L.P. disposed of 6,593,919 units of Class B Common Stock, converted options into 6,593,919 shares and sold $648,849,996 worth of shares (29,695,652 units at $21.85) (SEC Form 4)
- Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Results
Latest FSD
- Amendment: SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by First Trust High Income Long Short Fund
- First Trust High Income Long Short Fund filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP) and First Trust High Income Long/short Fund (FSD) Announce Closing of Reorganization
- SEC Form 25-NSE filed by First Trust High Income Long Short Fund
- abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund Announces Closing Date for Acquisition of Assets From First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund and Announces Distribution Payment Details
- SEC Form N-CSRS filed by First Trust High Income Long Short Fund
- First Trust Announces Timing of Reorganization of First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund with and into abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
- SEC Form NPORT-P filed by First Trust High Income Long Short Fund
- First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund Declares its Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.105 Per Share for July
- abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund Announces Update and Tentative Closing Date for Acquisition of Assets From First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund