Baratta Joseph

Director Joseph Baratta sells 113,000 BX shares for $19.9M; post-transaction holdings 695,757 shares (-14.0%)

Joseph Baratta, a director at Blackstone, executed 2 separate sales totaling 113,000 shares for $19,853,482.54 on 2025-09-25, reducing his stake by 14.0%. At Blackstone specifically, his prior 5 trades show a mixed timing pattern: his 3 sales in October 2024 logged 90-day returns of +14.4%, +12.4%, and +13.1%—all well-timed declines (the stock rose after each sale, making those sells poorly timed). His recent August 2025 sales show early 30-day gains of +1.2% and +1.6%, with 90-day outcomes not yet measurable. The current price of $175.32 is near the blended average transaction price of $175.69, and the stock is +2.1% over the prior 30 days and +16.0% over 90 days—a strong uptrend. The company's fundamentals remain robust: $3.7B quarterly revenue with +64.9% annual growth and $764.2M net income, though the P/E of 45.07 reflects elevated market valuation relative to earnings.

Baratta sells 100,000 BX shares in 2 transactions at $167.19–$167.83; holds 808.8K post-sale, an 11.0% reduction.

Director Joseph Baratta executed two separate open-market sales on 2025-08-05, selling 73,060 shares at $167.19 and 26,940 shares at $167.83 for a blended average of $167.36 and combined proceeds of $16,736,241.60. His post-transaction holding of 808.8K shares represents an 11.0% reduction from pre-transaction holdings of 908.8K. The sales occur as BX trades at $169.35 (current), up 10.7% over 30 days and 21.1% over 90 days, and well above the prior five sales at this ticker on 2024-10-01 and 2024-07-03, none of which exhibited negative 90-day returns characteristic of well-timed exits. The company's fundamentals show revenue of $3.3B and annual growth of 64.9%, with a P/E of 48.52 and market cap of $123.6B, suggesting a premium valuation into which Baratta has sold.

Baratta (Director) sold 116,448 shares of BX for $17.6M across 4 transactions on 2024-10-01 at blended avg $150.81

Joseph Baratta, a Blackstone director, executed 4 separate sales totaling 116,448 shares for $17,561,065.82 on 2024-10-01, reducing his holdings from 916,197 to 799,749 shares (-12.7%). The sales occurred at prices ranging from $150.42 to $153.11, with a blended average of $150.81, near the current price of $151.20. His prior sales at Blackstone show mixed timing outcomes: his 2024-07-03 sale benefited from +23.5% appreciation over 90 days, while his 2023-10-02 sales yielded approximately +22% over the same window; however, his early-2024 sales declined by roughly -3% to -4%. Cross-ticker, his timing record reflects 28.57% of prior sells as well-timed. The filing occurs as BX trades -5.3% from its 52-week high, though up 23.2% over 90 days.

Director Baratta Joseph sold 116,448 shares of BX at $123.00 on 2024-07-03 for $14,323,104.00

Baratta Joseph, a director of Blackstone Inc., sold 116,448 shares at $123.00 on July 3, 2024, reducing his holdings by 11.2% from 1,037,632 shares to 921,184 shares. At the transaction price of $123.00, this represented a sale near the 52-week high of $133.13 and above the current price of $122.72. His prior five sales at BX show mixed timing outcomes: two sales on 2024-02-09 and 2024-02-09 experienced 90-day declines, while two sales on 2023-10-02 occurred before 90-day gains of +22.5% and +21.6%, and one sale on 2023-07-05 was followed by gains. The transaction occurs in a company with declining annual revenue growth of -5.8% and a trailing P/E of 40.77, which may warrant investor attention to whether the director's sale signals conviction about near-term positioning.