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Blackstone — Q2 2024 Earnings Presentation

40 slides from Blackstone's earnings presentation, Jul 18, 2024

  1. Slide 1: Blackstone's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings

    Blackstone’s Second Quarter 2024 Earnings JULY 18, 2024

  2. Slide 2: Second Quarter 2024 GAAP Results

    BLACKSTONE’S SECOND QUARTER 2024 GAAP RESULTS ▪ GAAP Net Income was $948 million for the quarter and $2.5 billion year-to-date (“YTD”). GAAP Net Income Attributable to Blackstone Inc. was $444 million for the quarter and $1.3 billion YTD. ($ in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited) 2Q'23 2Q'

  3. Slide 3: Second Quarter 2024 Highlights

    BLACKSTONE’S SECOND QUARTER 2024 HIGHLIGHTS ▪ Fee Related Earnings (“FRE”) of $1.1 billion ($0.91/share) in the quarter – FRE was $4.4 billion over the last twelve months (“LTM”) ($3.64/share) ▪ Distributable Earnings (“DE”) of $1.3 billion ($0.96/share) in the quarter Financial Measures – DE was $5

  4. Slide 4: Second Quarter 2024 Segment Earnings

    BLACKSTONE’S SECOND QUARTER 2024 SEGMENT EARNINGS % Change % Change ($ in thousands, except per share data) 2Q'23 2Q'24 vs. 2Q'23 2Q'23 YTD 2Q'24 YTD vs. 2Q'23 YTD Management and Advisory Fees, Net $ 1,703,186 $ 1,779,938 5% $ 3,355,573 $ 3,487,509 4% Fee Related Performance Revenues 266,738 177,067

  5. Slide 5: Investment Performance and Net Accrued Performance Revenues

    INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE AND NET ACCRUED PERFORMANCE REVENUES ▪ Appreciation across strategies led to higher Net Accrued Performance Revenues quarter-over-quarter of $6.2 billion ($5.08/share). Investment Performance Net Accrued Performance Revenues (appreciation / gross returns) ($ in millions) 2Q'24

  6. Slide 6: Capital Metrics – Additional Detail

    CAPITAL METRICS – ADDITIONAL DETAIL ▪ Inflows were $39.4 billion in the quarter, bringing LTM inflows to $151.5 billion. ▪ Deployed $33.7 billion in the quarter and $101.8 billion over the LTM. – Committed an additional $19.1 billion that was not yet deployed in the quarter. ▪ Realizations were $23.

  7. Slide 7: Assets Under Management

    ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT ▪ Total AUM increased to $1,076.4 billion, up 7% year-over-year, with $39.4 billion of inflows in the quarter and $151.5 billion over the LTM. ▪ Fee-Earning AUM of $808.7 billion was up 11% year-over-year, with $53.0 billion of inflows in the quarter and $151.5 billion over t

  8. Slide 8: Additional Capital Detail

    ADDITIONAL CAPITAL DETAIL ▪ Invested Performance Eligible AUM reached $531.3 billion at quarter end. ▪ Undrawn capital (“Total Dry Powder”) available for investment of $181.0 billion. Invested Performance Eligible AUM Total Dry Powder ($ in billions) ($ in billions) 2Q'24 total: $181.0 $531.3 Multi-

  9. Slide 9: Segment Highlights

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  10. Slide 10: Segment Distributable Earnings Composition

    SEGMENT DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS COMPOSITION ▪ 2Q'24 Total Segment Distributable Earnings were $1.4 billion. ▪ LTM Total Segment Distributable Earnings were $5.7 billion. Segment Distributable Earnings ($ in millions) 2Q'24 total: $1,419 2Q'24 LTM total: $5,722 Multi-Asset Multi-Asset Investing Invest

  11. Slide 11: Real Estate

    REAL ESTATE ▪ Total AUM: Increased 1% to $336.1 billion with inflows of $5.9 billion in the quarter and $43.0 billion over the LTM. – Inflows in the quarter included $1.9 billion in BREDS Insurance SMAs, $903 million of capital raised in BREIT, $633 million in the seventh European opportunistic fund

  12. Slide 12: Private Equity

    PRIVATE EQUITY ▪ Total AUM: Increased 8% to $330.6 billion with inflows of $12.1 billion in the quarter and $30.2 billion over the LTM. – Inflows in the quarter included $2.9 billion in Infrastructure and $833 million for the ninth flagship private equity fund. – $1.6 billion of capital raised in BX

  13. Slide 13: Credit & Insurance

    CREDIT & INSURANCE ▪ Total AUM: Increased 14% to $330.1 billion with inflows of $18.6 billion in the quarter and $69.2 billion over the LTM. – Inflows in the quarter included $8.3 billion for the global direct lending strategy, inclusive of $3.4 billion of equity raised for BCRED, and $2.5 billion f

  14. Slide 14: Multi-Asset Investing

    MULTI-ASSET INVESTING ▪ Total AUM: Increased 7% to $79.6 billion with inflows of $2.7 billion in the quarter and $9.1 billion over the LTM. ▪ Returns: Absolute Return Composite gross return of 2.1% in the quarter (1.9% net), outperforming the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, which was 0.4%. – Absolute

  15. Slide 15: Supplemental Details

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  16. Slide 16: Total Segments

    TOTAL SEGMENTS ($ in thousands) 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 2Q'23 YTD 2Q'24 YTD Base Management Fees $ 1,620,609 $ 1,619,743 $ 1,605,948 $ 1,644,730 $ 1,651,566 $ 3,240,156 $ 3,296,296 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 92,735 44,611 52,836 66,938 132,536 138,445 199,474 Management Fee Offs

  17. Slide 17: Assets Under Management - Rollforward

    ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT - ROLLFORWARD Total AUM Rollforward ($ in millions) Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2024 Real Private Credit & Multi-Asset Real Private Credit & Multi-Asset Total Total Estate Equity Insurance Investing Estate Equity Insurance Investing Beginning

  18. Slide 18: Deconsolidated Balance Sheet Highlights

    DECONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS ▪ At June 30, 2024, Blackstone had $8.7 billion in total cash, cash equivalents, corporate treasury, and other investments and $17.7 billion of cash and net investments, or $14.44 per share. ▪ Blackstone has a $4.3 billion credit revolver and maintains A+/A+ r

  19. Slide 19: Net Accrued Performance Revenues – Additional Detail

    NET ACCRUED PERFORMANCE REVENUES – ADDITIONAL DETAIL 2Q'24 ($ in millions, except per share data) 2Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 Real Estate Per Share 2Q'24 QoQ Rollforward BREP IV $ 6 $ 4 $ 4 $ 0.00 ($ in millions) BREP V 4 4 4 0.00 Net Net BREP VI 17 2 2 0.00 Performance Realized BREP VII 60 - - - 1Q'24 Revenu

  20. Slide 20: Investment Records as of June 30, 2024

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024 (a) ($/€ in thousands, except where noted) Committed Available Unrealized Investments Realized Investments Total Investments Net IRRs (d) Fund (Investment Period Beginning Date / Ending Date) Capital Capital (b) Value MOIC (c) Value MOIC (c) Value MOIC (c) Real

  21. Slide 21: Investment Records as of June 30, 2024 (Cont'd)

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024 (a) – (CONT’D) ($/€ in thousands, except where noted) Committed Available Unrealized Investments Realized Investments Total Investments Net IRRs (d) Fund (Investment Period Beginning Date / Ending Date) Capital Capital (b) Value MOIC (c) Value MOIC (c) Value MO

  22. Slide 22: Investment Records – Selected Perpetual Capital Strategies

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024 (a) – (CONT’D) Selected Perpetual Capital Strategies(l) ($ in thousands, except where noted) Investment Total Total Net Strategy (Inception Year) Strategy AUM Return (m) Real Estate BPP - Blackstone Property Partners Platform (2013) (n) Core+ Real Estate $ 63,9

  23. Slide 23: Investment Records Notes (Cont'd)

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024 (a) – (CONT’D) (m) Unless otherwise indicated, Total Net Return represents the annualized inception to June 30, 2024 IRR on total invested capital based on realized proceeds and unrealized value, as applicable, after management fees, expenses and Performance Re

  24. Slide 24: Shareholder Dividends

    SHAREHOLDER DIVIDENDS ▪ Generated $0.96 of Distributable Earnings per common share during the quarter, bringing the YTD amount to $1.94 per common share. ▪ Blackstone declared a quarterly dividend of $0.82 per common share to record holders as of July 29, 2024; payable on August 5, 2024. % Change %

  25. Slide 25: Share Summary

    SHARE SUMMARY ▪ Distributable Earnings Shares Outstanding as of quarter end of 1,224 million shares. – Repurchased 2.0 million common shares in the quarter and 4.4 million common shares over the LTM. – Increased share repurchase authorization to $2.0 billion. 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 Participat

  26. Slide 26: Reconciliations and Disclosures

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  27. Slide 27: GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

    BLACKSTONE’S SECOND QUARTER 2024 GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STA TEMENTS OF OPERATIONS ($ in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited) 2Q'23 2Q'24 2Q'23 YTD 2Q'24 YTD 2Q'23 LTM 2Q'24 LTM Revenues Management and Advisory Fees, Net $ 1,709,370 $ 1,787,313 $ 3,367,685 $ 3,514,461 $ 6,633,877 $ 6,81

  28. Slide 28: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES QTD YTD LTM ($ in thousands) 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 2Q'23 2Q'24 2Q'23 2Q'24 Net Income Attributable to Blackstone Inc. $ 601,274 $ 551,994 $ 151,800 $ 847,386 $ 444,414 $ 687,086 $ 1,291,800 $ 1,247,236 $ 1,995,594 Net Income Attributable to Non-Con

  29. Slide 29: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures – Notes

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES – NOTES Note: See pages 36-38, Definitions and Dividend Policy. (a) This adjustment removes Transaction-Related and Non-Recurring Items, which are excluded from Blackstone’s segment presentation. Transaction-Related and Non-Recurring Items arise from corpo

  30. Slide 30: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures – Notes (Cont'd)

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES – NOTES (CONT’D) (j) Taxes represent the total GAAP tax provision adjusted to include only the current tax provision (benefit) calculated on Income (Loss) Before Provision (Benefit) for Taxes and adjusted to exclude the tax impact of any divestitures. For

  31. Slide 31: GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

    BLACKSTONE’S SECOND QUARTER 2024 GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STA TEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION ($ in thousands) (unaudited) 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 3,280,204 $ 2,971,614 $ 2,955,866 $ 2,504,471 $ 2,381,436 Cash Held by Blackstone Funds and Other 215,444 138,

  32. Slide 32: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Balance Sheet Measures

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP BALANCE SHEET MEASURES ($ in thousands) 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds $ 5,490,773 $ 5,224,104 $ 4,319,483 $ 3,458,911 $ 3,621,676 Equity Method Investments Partnership Investments 5,585,603 5,588,222 5,924,275 6,100,640

  33. Slide 33: Reconciliation of GAAP to Total Segments

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO TOTAL SEGMENTS QTD YTD LTM Y ($ in thousands) 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 2Q'23 2Q'24 2Q'23 2Q'24 Management and Advisory Fees, Net GAAP $ 1,709,370 $ 1,655,443 $ 1,648,132 $ 1,727,148 $ 1,787,313 $ 3,367,685 $ 3,514,461 $ 6,633,877 $ 6,818,036 Segment Adjustment (a) (6,1

  34. Slide 34: Reconciliation of GAAP to Total Segments – (Cont'd)

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO TOTAL SEGMENTS – (CONT’D) QTD YTD LTM Y ($ in thousands) 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 1Q'24 2Q'24 2Q'23 2Q'24 2Q'23 2Q'24 Realized Performance Compensation GAAP Incentive Fee Compensation $ 64,227 $ 65,432 $ 88,127 $ 73,707 $ 77,139 $ 127,508 $ 150,846 $ 249,124 $ 304,405 Realized Per

  35. Slide 35: Notes

    NOTES Notes to page 3 - Blackstone’s Second Quarter 2024 Segment Earnings ▪ All prior periods have been recast to reflect the segment organizational updates. Throughout this presentation, Secondaries reflects Strategic Partners and GP Stakes unless otherwise indicated. Notes to page 4 - Investment P

  36. Slide 36: Notes – (Cont'd)

    NOTES – (CONT’D) Notes to page 23 – Shareholder Dividends ▪ DE before Certain Payables represents Distributable Earnings before the deduction for the Payable Under Tax Receivable Agreement and tax expense (benefit) of wholly owned subsidiaries. Common shareholders receive tax benefits from deduction

  37. Slide 37: Definitions and Dividend Policy

    DEFINITIONS AND DIVIDEND POLICY Blackstone discloses the following operating metrics and financial measures that are calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“non-GAAP”) in this pres

  38. Slide 38: Definitions and Dividend Policy – (Cont'd)

    DEFINITIONS AND DIVIDEND POLICY – (CONT’D) – Fee Related Compensation is presented on a segment basis and refers to the compensation expense, excluding Equity-Based Compensation, directly related to (a) Management and Advisory Fees, Net and (b) Fee Related Performance Revenues, referred to as Fee Re

  39. Slide 39: Definitions and Dividend Policy – (Cont'd)

    DEFINITIONS AND DIVIDEND POLICY – (CONT’D) Dividend Policy. Blackstone’s intention is to pay to holders of common stock a quarterly dividend representing approximately 85% of Blackstone Inc.’s share of Distributable Earnings, subject to adjustment by amounts determined by Blackstone’s board of direc

  40. Slide 40: Forward-Looking Statements

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, ou

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