Blackstone price target raised to $181 from $155 at Evercore ISI

Evercore ISI analyst Glenn Schorr raised the firm’s price target on Blackstone (BX) to $181 from $155 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm says Blackstone reported an “OK quarter with lots of good leading indicators for future earnings growth,” adding that “the great & largest company” in its industry is “sporting the highest multiple, yet not the highest growth rate.”