Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
BlackRock, Inc. BLK
$1,059.63 -0.44% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $164.24B
Next earnings report: Oct 14, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.6%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $27.30B, up 26.5% from a year earlier, accelerating from 22.3% a quarter earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 5.4% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth42Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 33%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 20%
Quality57Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 24%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 39%
- Interest coverTop 8%
Value28Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 36%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 36%
Momentum28Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnTop 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Revisions97Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 2%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 14%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 27%
Stability37Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 22.3% | 26.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -3.2% | 1.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 49.0% | 55.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 34.8% | 31.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.0% | 8.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 26.5% | 22.3% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.1% | -3.2% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 55.7% | 49.0% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | 31.1% | 34.8% | ↓ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 24.1% | 29.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.5% | 18.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | — | Top 24% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 10.7% | — | Bottom 33% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.43×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 2.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.42×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 18.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.71%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.50%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $1,325.13
- Target vs current price
- +25.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 79%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | +9.6% | +6.6% | +1.2% | +12.0% | — |
| Apr 14, 2026 | +7.6% | +3.0% | +2.4% | +5.6% | -0.4% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | +7.5% | +5.9% | +4.4% | -3.3% | -6.2% |
| Oct 14, 2025 | +1.7% | +3.4% | +0.4% | -6.3% | -5.8% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | +11.8% | -5.9% | -1.7% | +1.5% | +4.9% |
| Apr 11, 2025 | +12.1% | +2.3% | +2.0% | +7.5% | +26.8% |
| Jan 15, 2025 | +5.9% | +5.2% | +4.5% | +1.1% | -10.8% |
| Oct 11, 2024 | +10.9% | +3.6% | +4.9% | +8.4% | +2.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | $13.91 | $12.69 | +9.6% | $7.08B |
| Apr 14, 2026 | $12.53 | $11.65 | +7.6% | $6.70B |
| Jan 15, 2026 | $13.16 | $12.24 | +7.5% | $7.01B |
| Oct 14, 2025 | $11.55 | $11.36 | +1.7% | $6.51B |
| Jul 15, 2025 | $12.05 | $10.78 | +11.8% | $5.42B |
| Apr 11, 2025 | $11.30 | $10.08 | +12.1% | $5.28B |
| Jan 15, 2025 | $11.93 | $11.27 | +5.9% | $5.68B |
| Oct 11, 2024 | $11.46 | $10.33 | +10.9% | $5.20B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.3× | 22.3× | 71th | Bottom 36% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.8× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| EV / Sales | 6.18× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.41% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Earnings yield | 3.95% | — | — | Bottom 36% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.9× – 30.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -7.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +1.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -0.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -0.1%
- RSI (14)
- 42.8
- Relative volume
- 1.08×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 62th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.18
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.69
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -24.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 | Oct 12, 2022 | -45.3% | 229 days | 502 days (Oct 11, 2024) |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -24.1% | 46 days | 59 days (Jul 3, 2025) |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Mar 12, 2026 | -23.3% | 101 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Oct 4, 2021 | -13.6% | 25 days | 24 days (Nov 5, 2021) |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -12.4% | 34 days | 21 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $164.24B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $41.84
- Revenue (TTM)
- $27.30B
- Dividend yield
- 2.11%
- 52-week range
- $917.39 – $1,219.94
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.37B | $17.87B | $17.86B | $20.41B | $24.22B |
| Gross profit | $9.82B | $8.68B | $8.58B | $10.09B | $11.31B |
| Operating income | $7.45B | $6.38B | $6.28B | $7.57B | $7.04B |
| Net income | $5.90B | $5.18B | $5.50B | $6.37B | $5.55B |
| EPS (diluted) | $38.22 | $33.97 | $36.51 | $42.01 | $35.31 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.20B | $5.68B | $5.28B | $5.42B | $6.51B | $7.01B | $6.70B | $7.08B |
| Net income | $1.63B | $1.67B | $1.51B | $1.59B | $1.32B | $1.13B | $2.21B | $1.91B |
| EPS (diluted) | $10.90 | $10.64 | $9.64 | $10.19 | $8.43 | $7.16 | $14.06 | $12.19 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.94B | $4.96B | $4.17B | $4.96B | $3.93B |
| Capital expenditure | -$341.0M | -$533.0M | -$344.0M | -$255.0M | -$375.0M |
| Free cash flow | $4.60B | $4.42B | $3.82B | $4.70B | $3.55B |
| Dividends paid | -$2.55B | -$2.99B | -$3.04B | -$3.10B | -$3.35B |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.49B | -$2.33B | -$1.88B | -$1.93B | -$1.78B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $25.64B
- Total assets
- $175.88B
- Total liabilities
- $111.33B
- Total debt
- $14.97B
- Net debt
- $4.48B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $57.61B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $5.73 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $5.73 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $5.73 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $5.21 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $5.21 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $5.21 | Jun 23, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $5.21 | Mar 24, 2025 |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $5.10 | Dec 23, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,040,079
- Days to cover
- 4.03
- Change vs previous report
- +6.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.