Eisler Capital Management Ltd. Invests $19.91 Million in Carlyle Group Inc. $CG

Eisler Capital Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CG) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 387,187 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $19,913,000. Carlyle Group accounts for about 0.1% of Eisler Capital Management Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Eisler Capital Management Ltd. owned about 0.11% of Carlyle Group at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Carlyle Group by 18.2% during the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,150 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 177 shares during the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital boosted its stake in Carlyle Group by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 5,831 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $332,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Carlyle Group by 1.8% in the second quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 11,673 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $600,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares during the last quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lifted its holdings in shares of Carlyle Group by 3.5% in the first quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 6,365 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $277,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bfsg LLC boosted its position in shares of Carlyle Group by 3.0% during the second quarter. Bfsg LLC now owns 7,345 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $378,000 after buying an additional 215 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.88% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Carlyle Group from $54.00 to $66.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Carlyle Group from $65.00 to $67.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Carlyle Group from $64.00 to $57.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. TD Cowen reduced their target price on Carlyle Group from $78.00 to $77.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Carlyle Group in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $66.00.

Carlyle Group Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of CG stock opened at $51.72 on Friday. Carlyle Group Inc. has a 12-month low of $33.02 and a 12-month high of $69.85. The company has a quick ratio of 2.24, a current ratio of 2.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. The company has a 50 day moving average of $58.62 and a 200-day moving average of $56.37. The firm has a market cap of $18.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.12, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 2.01.

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) last released its earnings results on Friday, November 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98. The business had revenue of $782.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $848.51 million. Carlyle Group had a return on equity of 23.60% and a net margin of 20.22%.During the same period last year, the business posted $0.95 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Carlyle Group Inc. will post 4.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Carlyle Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 10th were paid a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 10th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Carlyle Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 78.21%.

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.