BlackRock Inc BLK
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
BlackRock Inc is a large-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Asset Management), with a market value of $172.2B, based in the USA.
It employs about 26,200 people and has been listed since Oct 01, 1999.
BlackRock, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, official institutions, and banks.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 25.5 versus 14.1 for the median of the Financial Services sector in our universe (18 companies) — relatively expensive.
Revenue is growing 31% a year — the market is paying ahead for that growth. If it slows, the high multiple becomes the risk.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 16.4 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 1318.18, 24% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 53% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The share count grew 5% in a year — each share owns a smaller slice of the company.
- • Quarterly report in 10 days (2026-10-14) — a day the stock can move a lot.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 27 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (17 vs 0).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 31% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 2.5% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
This week's news
- BlackRock (BLK) Files New ETF Share Classes On A Fair Value Narrative finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- BlackRock’s Larry Fink backs $1.5T Social Security fix — but 22% cuts could still hit. Here’s how to cover the gap finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- 3 Canadian Quality Stocks With ROE Over 32% finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- The artificial vs. 'authentic' economy: Mike Rowe on AI's 'dangerous' skilled labor shortage finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Robinhood unveils weekend trading, while Disney plans a third round of layoffs finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Sector Update: Financial Stocks Rise Premarket Friday finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.