BlackRock (BLK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

$1,075.11 –4.76 (-0.44%)
Closing price 12/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading $1,083.62 +8.51 (+0.79%)
As of 12/4/2025 07:50 PM Eastern

About BlackRock Stock (NYSE:BLK)

Key Stats

Today's Range: $1,072.64 – $1,086.85
50-Day Range: $993.74 – $1,201.37
52-Week Range: $773.74 – $1,219.94
Volume: 597,317 shares
Average Volume: 594,977 shares
Market Capitalization: $166.80 billion
P/E Ratio: 27.64
Dividend Yield: 1.94%
Price Target: $1,302.59
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Company Overview

BlackRock, Inc. is a global investment management firm that provides a broad range of products and services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors. Its core activities include portfolio management across active and index strategies, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the iShares brand, fixed income, equity and multi-asset solutions, as well as alternatives such as private equity, real estate and infrastructure. The firm also offers cash management and liquidity solutions and retirement-focused products designed for defined contribution and defined benefit investors. In addition to traditional investment management, BlackRock is known for its technology and risk management capabilities, most prominently its Aladdin platform, which combines portfolio management, trading and risk analytics and is used both internally and licensed to external clients. Historically, BlackRock was founded in 1988 and expanded significantly through organic growth and acquisitions; a landmark transaction was the acquisition of Barclays Global Investors in 2009, which integrated the iShares ETF platform into the firm’s product lineup and strengthened its index and ETF capabilities. Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock operates globally with offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, serving a diverse client base that includes pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, financial intermediaries and individual investors. Laurence D. "Larry" Fink is a co‑founder and serves as chairman and chief executive officer, and Robert S. Kapito serves as president. The firm emphasizes client‑focused investment solutions, risk management, and scale in delivering services across geographies and investor types.

BlackRock Stock Analysis – MarketRank™

BLK MarketRank™: BlackRock scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 72nd out of 912 stocks in the finance sector.

Consensus Rating
BlackRock has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company’s average rating score is 2.85, based on no strong buy ratings, 17 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential
BlackRock has a consensus price target of $1,302.59, representing about 21.2% upside from its current price of $1,075.11.

Amount of Analyst Coverage
BlackRock has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings Growth
BlackRock’s earnings are expected to grow by 14.01% in the coming year, from $47.41 to $54.05 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of BlackRock is 27.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 37.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of BlackRock is 27.64, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.17.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
BlackRock has a PEG Ratio of 1.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
BlackRock has a P/B Ratio of 3.49. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest
Short Interest: 0.82% of the float of BlackRock has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover: 2.33, generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Short interest in BlackRock has recently increased by 3.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend
Dividend Yield: 1.93%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth: BlackRock has been increasing its dividend for 16 years.
Dividend Coverage: The dividend payout ratio of BlackRock is 53.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability: Based on earnings estimates, BlackRock will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.56% next year.

News and Social Media
News Sentiment: 1.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news).
News Coverage This Week: MarketBeat has tracked 68 news articles for BlackRock this week, compared to 45 articles on an average week.
Search Interest: Only 53 people have searched for BLK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -34% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows: 37 people have added BlackRock to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 131% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership
Insider Trading
Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, BlackRock insiders have sold more of their company’s stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $15,293,052.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders: 1.98%
Percentage Held by Institutions: 80.69%

BLK Stock News Headlines
• Insider Selling: BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) CFO Sells 1,258 Shares of Stock December 4 at 7:49 AM
• Why Bitcoin ETFs Like IBIT May Be Set to Surge in 2026 (BLK)
• The Last Gold Bull Market
• Trump urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to take Federal Reserve job
• BlackRock reveals $38T US debt may boost gold’s biggest rival
• AI Growth Will Keep Magnificent 7 The Place To Be In 2026, BlackRock Says
• BlackRock's CEO Sees 'Huge Winners and Huge Failures' Coming in AI
• BlackRock Inc.: Tokenization Momentum, Earnings Beat And A 66.7 Score

Frequently Asked Questions
• How have BLK shares performed this year? BlackRock’s stock was trading at $1,025.11 at the start of the year. Since then, BLK shares have increased by 4.9% and is now trading at $1,075.11.
• How were BlackRock’s earnings last quarter? BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The asset manager reported $11.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $11.78 by $0.23. The business’s revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis.
• Does BlackRock have any subsidiaries? BlackRock subsidiaries include Aquila Heywood, Aperio, eFront, Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC, Glass Mountain Pipeline, and more.
• Who are BlackRock’s major shareholders? BlackRock’s top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.94%), State Street Corp (4.02%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.47%) and Capital World Investors (2.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Laurence Fink, J Richard Kushel, Robert L Goldstein, Christopher J Meade, Rachel Lord, Mark Wiedman, Martin Small, Marc D Comerchero, Pamela Daley, Stephen Cohen and Fabrizio Freda.
• How do I buy shares of BlackRock? Shares of BLK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
• What other stocks do shareholders of BlackRock own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BlackRock investors own include Broadcom (AVGO), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), ServiceNow (NOW), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Meta Platforms (META) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar
Record date for 9/23 Dividend – 9/05/2025
Ex-Dividend for 9/23 Dividend – 9/05/2025
Dividend Payable – 9/23/2025
Last Earnings – 10/14/2025
Today – 12/04/2025
Record date for 12/23 Dividend – 12/05/2025
Ex-Dividend for 12/23 Dividend – 12/05/2025
Dividend Payable – 12/23/2025
Fiscal Year End – 12/31/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated) – 1/21/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Finance
Industry: FIN – INVEST MGMT
Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
Current Symbol: NYSE:BLK
CIK: 1364742
Web: www.blackrock.com
Phone: (212) 810‑5300
Fax: 212‑754‑8777
Employees: 21,100
Year Founded: 1988

Price Target and Rating
Average Price Target: $1,302.59
High Price Target: $1,486.00
Low Price Target: $980.00
Potential Upside/Downside: +21.3%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score: 2.85
Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability
EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $38.89
Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.60
Forward P/E Ratio: 22.64
P/E Growth: 1.56
Net Income: $6.37 billion
Net Margins: 26.64%
Pretax Margin: 35.46%
Return on Equity: 14.80%
Return on Assets: 5.04%

Debt
Debt‑to‑Equity Ratio: 0.34
Current Ratio: 3.33
Quick Ratio: 3.33

Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales: $20.41 billion
Price / Sales: 8.16
Cash Flow: $47.92 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 22.40
Book Value: $307.71 per share
Price / Book: 3.49

Miscellaneous
Outstanding Shares: 155,150,000
Free Float: 152,079,000
Market Cap: $166.55 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.47

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