The Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CG) Shares Sold by Quantbot Technologies LP

Quantbot Technologies LP lowered its stake in The Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CG - Free Report) by 41.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 41,032 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 29,532 shares during the quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP's holdings in The Carlyle Group were worth $2,072,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG acquired a new position in shares of The Carlyle Group during the third quarter valued at approximately $265,000. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC acquired a new stake in The Carlyle Group during the 3rd quarter worth $560,000. Moors & Cabot Inc. grew its holdings in shares of The Carlyle Group by 11.8% during the third quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 8,553 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $368,000 after buying an additional 900 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in shares of The Carlyle Group by 22.8% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,107,301 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $90,740,000 after buying an additional 391,553 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Trust N.A. grew its stake in The Carlyle Group by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 10,765 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $464,000 after acquiring an additional 708 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 55.88% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on CG. Wolfe Research upgraded The Carlyle Group from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $60.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, January 3rd. StockNews.com lowered The Carlyle Group from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of The Carlyle Group from $60.00 to $55.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of The Carlyle Group from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, Oppenheimer downgraded shares of The Carlyle Group from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, The Carlyle Group presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $54.53.

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The Carlyle Group Stock Down 2.2 %

Shares of CG stock traded down $1.03 during trading on Thursday, reaching $45.09. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,932,214 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,317,396. The company has a market capitalization of $16.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.22, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.73. The Carlyle Group Inc. has a 1-year low of $36.65 and a 1-year high of $57.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 2.32 and a quick ratio of 2.32. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $49.70 and its 200 day moving average price is $49.41.

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The financial services provider reported $0.92 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.00 by ($0.08). The Carlyle Group had a return on equity of 24.02% and a net margin of 18.81%. On average, research analysts anticipate that The Carlyle Group Inc. will post 4.48 EPS for the current year.

The Carlyle Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st were issued a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 21st. The Carlyle Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 50.36%.

The Carlyle Group Company Profile

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.