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Blackstone — Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation

43 slides from Blackstone's earnings presentation, Jan 25, 2024

  1. Slide 1: Blackstone Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

    Blackstone Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results New York, January 25, 2024: Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2023 results. Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Blackstone reported strong fourth-quarter results, as we exi

  2. Slide 2: About Blackstone and Forward-Looking Statements

    broadcast, there will be a webcast replay on the Shareholders section of Blackstone’s website at https://ir.blackstone.com/. About Blackstone Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long- term value for our investors. We do this by

  3. Slide 3: Investor and Media Relations Contacts

    This presentation does not constitute an offer of any Blackstone Fund. Investor and Media Relations Contacts Weston Tucker Christine Anderson Blackstone Blackstone Tel: +1 (212) 583-5231 Tel: +1 (212) 583-5182 tucker@blackstone.com christine.anderson@blackstone.com 3

  4. Slide 4: Blackstone's Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Earnings

    Blackstone’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Earnings JANUARY 25, 2024

  5. Slide 5: Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 GAAP Results

    BLACKSTONE’S FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2023 GAAP RESULTS ▪ GAAP Net Income was $109 million for the quarter and $2.4 billion for the year. GAAP Net Income Attributable to Blackstone Inc. was $152 million for the quarter and $1.4 billion for the year. ($ in thousands, except per share data) (unaud

  6. Slide 6: Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Highlights

    BLACKSTONE’S FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2023 HIGHLIGHTS ▪ Fee Related Earnings (“FRE”) of $1.0 billion ($0.86/share) in the quarter – FRE was $4.3 billion for the year ($3.58/share) ▪ Distributable Earnings (“DE”) of $1.4 billion ($1.11/share) in the quarter Financial Measures – DE was $5.1 billio

  7. Slide 7: Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Segment Earnings

    BLACKSTONE’S FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2023 SEGMENT EARNINGS % Change % Change ($ in thousands, except per share data) 4Q'22 4Q'23 vs. 4Q'22 FY'22 FY'23 vs. FY'22 Management and Advisory Fees, Net $ 1,641,091 $ 1,653,831 1% $ 6,282,946 $ 6,663,244 6% Fee Related Performance Revenues 172,708 168,9

  8. Slide 8: Investment Performance and Net Accrued Performance Revenues

    INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE AND NET ACCRUED PERFORMANCE REVENUES ▪ Net Accrued Performance Revenues declined quarter-over-quarter to $5.8 billion ($4.80/share) due to realized distributions across strategies. Investment Performance Net Accrued Performance Revenues (appreciation / gross returns) ($ in mil

  9. Slide 9: Capital Metrics – Additional Detail

    CAPITAL METRICS – ADDITIONAL DETAIL ▪ Inflows were $52.7 billion in the quarter, bringing full year inflows to $148.5 billion. ▪ Deployed $31.1 billion in the quarter and $73.8 billion for the year. – Committed an additional $15.3 billion that was not yet deployed in the quarter. ▪ Realizations were

  10. Slide 10: Assets Under Management

    ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT ▪ Total AUM increased to $1,040.2 billion, up 7% year-over-year, with $52.7 billion of inflows in the quarter and $148.5 billion for the year. ▪ Fee-Earning AUM of $762.6 billion was up 6% year-over-year, with $44.6 billion of inflows in the quarter and $119.4 billion for the

  11. Slide 11: Additional Capital Detail

    ADDITIONAL CAPITAL DETAIL ▪ Invested Performance Eligible AUM reached $504.7 billion at quarter end. ▪ Undrawn capital (“Total Dry Powder”) available for investment of $197.3 billion. Invested Performance Eligible AUM Total Dry Powder ($ in billions) ($ in billions) 4Q’23 total: $197.3 $501.0 $504.7

  12. Slide 12: Segment Highlights

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  13. Slide 13: Segment Distributable Earnings Composition

    SEGMENT DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS COMPOSITION ▪ 4Q’23 Total Segment Distributable Earnings were $1.5 billion. ▪ Full year Total Segment Distributable Earnings were $5.6 billion. Segment Distributable Earnings ($ in millions) 4Q’23 total: $1,466 FY’23 total: $5,625 Hedge Fund Hedge Fund Solutions Soluti

  14. Slide 14: Real Estate

    REAL ESTATE ▪ Total AUM: Increased 3% to $336.9 billion with inflows of $19.9 billion in the quarter and $53.9 billion for the year. – Entered into a fee-paying joint venture with the FDIC to acquire the Signature Bank commercial senior mortgage loan portfolio, resulting in $10.5 billion of inflows

  15. Slide 15: Private Equity

    PRIVATE EQUITY ▪ Total AUM: Increased 5% to $304.0 billion with inflows of $7.2 billion in the quarter and $23.8 billion for the year. – Inflows in the quarter included $885 million for Tactical Opportunities vehicles and $755 million for the ninth flagship private equity fund. – Raised an initial $

  16. Slide 16: Credit & Insurance

    CREDIT & INSURANCE ▪ Total AUM: Increased 14% to $318.9 billion with inflows of $23.2 billion in the quarter and $62.5 billion for the year. – Inflows in the quarter included $7.6 billion for the global direct lending strategy, inclusive of $2.7 billion of equity raised for BCRED, bringing direct le

  17. Slide 17: Hedge Fund Solutions

    HEDGE FUND SOLUTIONS ▪ Total AUM: $80.3 billion with inflows of $2.5 billion in the quarter and $8.3 billion for the year. ▪ Returns: BPS Composite gross return of 2.3% in the quarter (2.1% net), outperforming the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, which was 1.7%. – BPS benefited from performance of cred

  18. Slide 18: Supplemental Details

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  19. Slide 19: Total Segments

    TOTAL SEGMENTS ($ in thousands) 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 FY'22 FY'23 Base Management Fees $ 1,580,452 $ 1,619,547 $ 1,620,609 $ 1,619,743 $ 1,605,948 $ 6,045,038 $ 6,465,847 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 71,151 45,710 92,735 44,611 52,836 310,117 235,892 Management Fee Offsets (10,5

  20. Slide 20: Assets Under Management - Rollforward

    ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT - ROLLFORWARD Total AUM Rollforward ($ in millions) Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2023 Real Private Credit & Hedge Fund Real Private Credit & Hedge Fund Total Total Estate Equity Insurance Solutions Estate Equity Insurance Solutions Beg

  21. Slide 21: Deconsolidated Balance Sheet Highlights

    DECONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS ▪ At December 31, 2023, Blackstone had $8.4 billion in total cash, cash equivalents, corporate treasury, and other investments and $16.9 billion of cash and net investments, or $13.93 per share. ▪ Blackstone has a $4.3 billion undrawn credit revolver and maint

  22. Slide 22: Net Accrued Performance Revenues – Additional Detail

    NET ACCRUED PERFORMANCE REVENUES – ADDITIONAL DETAIL 4Q'23 ($ in millions, except per share data) 4Q'22 3Q'23 4Q'23 Real Estate Per Share 4Q’23 QoQ Rollforward BREP IV $ 6 $ 6 $ 2 $ 0.00 ($ in millions) BREP V 4 4 4 0.00 Net Net BREP VI 21 20 1 0.00 Performance Realized BREP VII 115 22 - - 3Q'23 Rev

  23. Slide 23: Investment Records as of December 31, 2023

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 (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)

  24. Slide 24: Investment Records as of December 31, 2023 (cont'd)

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 (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) Valu

  25. Slide 25: Investment Records – Selected Perpetual Capital Strategies

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 (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 $

  26. Slide 26: Investment Records – Footnotes

    INVESTMENT RECORDS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 (a) – (CONT’D) (l) Represents the performance for select Perpetual Capital Strategies; strategies excluded consist primarily of (1) investment strategies that have been investing for less than one year, (2) perpetual capital assets managed for certain insur

  27. Slide 27: Shareholder Dividends

    SHAREHOLDER DIVIDENDS ▪ Generated $1.11 of Distributable Earnings per common share during the quarter, bringing the full year amount to $3.95 per common share. ▪ Blackstone declared a quarterly dividend of $0.94 per common share to record holders as of February 5, 2024; payable on February 12, 2024.

  28. Slide 28: Share Summary

    SHARE SUMMARY ▪ Distributable Earnings Shares Outstanding as of quarter end of 1,217 million shares. – Repurchased 0.4 million common shares in the quarter and 3.7 million common shares for the year. – Available authorization remaining was $757 million at December 31, 2023. 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4

  29. Slide 29: Reconciliations and Disclosures

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  30. Slide 30: GAAP Consolidated Statements of Operations

    BLACKSTONE’S FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2023 GAAP CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS ($ in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited) 4Q'22 4Q'23 FY'22 FY'23 Revenues Management and Advisory Fees, Net $ 1,648,438 $ 1,648,132 $ 6,303,315 $ 6,671,260 Incentive Fees 210,264 240,417 525,127 695,

  31. Slide 31: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES QTD FY ($ in thousands) 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 FY'22 FY'23 Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Blackstone Inc. $ 557,854 $ 85,812 $ 601,274 $ 551,994 $ 151,800 $ 1,747,631 $ 1,390,880 Net Income Attributable to Non-Controlling 214,886 56,700 495,309 4

  32. Slide 32: 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

  33. Slide 33: 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

  34. Slide 34: GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

    BLACKSTONE’S FOURTH QUARTER 2023 GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STA TEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION ($ in thousands) (unaudited) 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 4,252,003 $ 2,830,971 $ 3,280,204 $ 2,971,614 $ 2,955,866 Cash Held by Blackstone Funds and Other 241,712 190,

  35. Slide 35: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Balance Sheet Measures

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP BALANCE SHEET MEASURES ($ in thousands) 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds $ 5,136,967 $ 5,443,867 $ 5,490,773 $ 5,224,104 $ 4,319,483 Equity Method Investments Partnership Investments 5,530,420 5,598,552 5,585,603 5,588,222

  36. Slide 36: Reconciliation of GAAP to Total Segments

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO TOTAL SEGMENTS QTD FY Y ($ in thousands) 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 4Q'22 4Q'23 Management and Advisory Fees, Net GAAP $ 1,648,438 $ 1,658,315 $ 1,709,370 $ 1,655,443 $ 1,648,132 $ 6,303,315 $ 6,671,260 Segment Adjustment (a) (7,347) (5,928) (6,184) (1,603) 5,699 (20,369

  37. Slide 37: Reconciliation of GAAP to Total Segments – (cont'd)

    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO TOTAL SEGMENTS – (CONT’D) QTD FY Y ($ in thousands) 4Q'22 1Q'23 2Q'23 3Q'23 4Q'23 4Q'22 4Q'23 Realized Performance Compensation GAAP Incentive Fee Compensation $ 71,261 $ 63,281 $ 64,227 $ 65,432 $ 88,127 $ 207,998 $ 281,067 Realized Performance Allocations Compensation 157

  38. Slide 38: Notes

    NOTES Notes to page 4 - Investment Performance and Net Accrued Performance Revenues ▪ The changes in carrying value, fund returns and composite returns presented throughout this presentation represent those of the applicable Blackstone Funds and not those of Blackstone. ▪ Core+ appreciation represen

  39. Slide 39: 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

  40. Slide 40: 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

  41. Slide 41: 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

  42. Slide 42: 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

  43. Slide 43: 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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