BlackRock Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BlackRock in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BlackRock stock.
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BlackRock saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,850,000 shares, an increase of 14.9% from the December 31st total of 1,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 641,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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BlackRock is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 15th 2021.
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BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 13th. The asset manager reported $10.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $9.14 by $1.04. The asset manager had revenue of $4.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.28 billion. BlackRock had a net margin of 30.43% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.74%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $8.34 EPS.
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BlackRock's stock was trading at $430.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BLK stock has increased by 58.5% and is now trading at $683.21.
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BlackRock declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 21st. Investors of record on Friday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $4.13 per share on Tuesday, March 23rd. This represents a $16.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 4th. This is a positive change from BlackRock's previous quarterly dividend of $3.63.
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BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $14.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.07%. BlackRock does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of BlackRock is 42.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BlackRock will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.09% next year. This indicates that BlackRock will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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11 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for BlackRock's stock. Their forecasts range from $487.00 to $890.00. On average, they anticipate BlackRock's share price to reach $706.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price.
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1,545 employees have rated BlackRock CEO Laurence D. Fink on Glassdoor.com. Laurence D. Fink has an approval rating of 96% among BlackRock's employees. This puts Laurence D. Fink in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to BlackRock include The Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Northern Trust (NTRS), Franklin Resources (BEN), Invesco (IVZ), C3.ai (AI), Eaton Vance (EV), SEI Investments (SEIC), Ares Capital (ARCC), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Prospect Capital (PSEC) and Main Street Capital (MAIN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BlackRock investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), Hawkins (HWKN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil Co. (ATH.TO) (ATH), Precision Drilling (PD), Micron Technology (MU), NIC (EGOV) and AutoZone (AZO).

BlackRock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BLK."

BlackRock's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.36%), FMR LLC (2.50%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.57%), Morgan Stanley (1.47%), Norges Bank (1.38%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.33%). Company insiders that own BlackRock stock include Christopher J Meade, Gary Shedlin, J Richard Kushel, Jeff A Smith, Jerkovic Milan, Laurence Fink, Marc D Comerchero, Mark Mccombe, Mark Wiedman, Rachel Lord, Robert Kapito and Robert L Goldstein.
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BLK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., DNB Asset Management AS, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, FIL Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., and Prudential PLC. Company insiders that have sold BlackRock company stock in the last year include Christopher J Meade, Gary Shedlin, J Richard Kushel, Laurence Fink, Mark Mccombe, Mark Wiedman, Rachel Lord, Robert Kapito, and Robert L Goldstein.
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BLK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Flossbach Von Storch AG, Swedbank, Alliancebernstein L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc..
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Shares of BLK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $683.21.

BlackRock has a market capitalization of $104.20 billion and generates $16.21 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $4.93 billion in net income (profit) each year or $33.82 on an earnings per share basis.

BlackRock employs 16,200 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of BlackRock: 52nd Street Capital Advisors LLC, Acero Coöperatief U.A., Acero Holdings I B.V., Acero Holdings II B.V., AnalytX Hosting LLC, AnalytX LLC, AnalytX Software LLC, Aperio, Asia-Pacific Private Credit Opportunities Fund I (GenPar) Ltd., BAA Holdings, BFM Holdco, BL ABG Holdings LLC, BLK (Gallatin) Holdings, BR Acquisition Mexico S.A. de C.V., BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., Beijing eFront Software Company Limited, BlackRock (Barbados) Finco 1 SRL, BlackRock (Channel Islands) Limited, BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A., BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock (Shanghai) Co., BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco II Pte. Ltd., BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Limited, BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, BlackRock AP Investment Holdco, BlackRock Advisors, BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Advisors Singapore Pte. Limited, BlackRock Alternative Advisors GP Holdings, BlackRock Alternatives Management, BlackRock Argentina Asesorias Ltda., BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., BlackRock Asset Management Investor Services Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited, BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG, BlackRock Asset Management UK Limited, BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd., BlackRock Brasil Gestora de Investimentos Ltda., BlackRock Cal 1 Investor, BlackRock Canada Holdings LP, BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC, BlackRock Capital Holdings, BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors, BlackRock Capital Management, BlackRock Cayco Limited, BlackRock Cayman 1 LP, BlackRock Cayman Capital Holdings Limited, BlackRock Cayman Finco 2 Limited, BlackRock Cayman Finco Limited, BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited, BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited, BlackRock Cayman Z Limited, BlackRock Channel Islands Holdco Limited, BlackRock Chile Asesorias Limitada, BlackRock Colombia Holdco, BlackRock Colombia Infraestructura S.A.S., BlackRock Colombia SAS, BlackRock Company Secretarial Services (UK) Limited, BlackRock Corporation US Inc., BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc., BlackRock Europe Development Management Limited, BlackRock Execution Services, BlackRock Finance Europe Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, BlackRock Finco, BlackRock Finco UK Ltd., BlackRock First Partner Limited, BlackRock France SAS, BlackRock Fund Advisors, BlackRock Fund Management Company S.A., BlackRock Fund Managers Limited, BlackRock Funding International, BlackRock Funds Services Group, BlackRock Germany GmBH, BlackRock Group Limited, BlackRock HK Holdco Limited, BlackRock Holdco 2, BlackRock Holdco 3, BlackRock Holdco 4, BlackRock Holdco 5, BlackRock Holdco 6, BlackRock Hungary Kft, BlackRock Index Services, BlackRock Infrastructure Management I, BlackRock Institutional Services, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, BlackRock International Holdings, BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Investment Management, BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (Dublin) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (Korea) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (Shanghai) Co., BlackRock Investment Management (Taiwan) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management Ireland Holdings Limited, BlackRock Investments, BlackRock Japan Co., BlackRock Japan Holdings GK, BlackRock Jersey Finco 2 Limited, BlackRock Latin America Holdco, BlackRock Latin American Holdings B.V., BlackRock Life Limited, BlackRock Lux Finco S.à r.l., BlackRock Luxembourg Holdco S.à r.l., BlackRock Mexican Holdco, BlackRock Mortgage Ventures, BlackRock México, BlackRock México Infraestructura I, BlackRock México Infraestructura II, BlackRock México Infraestructura III, BlackRock México Manager, BlackRock México Manager II, BlackRock México Operadora, BlackRock Niagara LLC, BlackRock Operations (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., BlackRock Overseas Investment Fund Management (Shanghai) Co., BlackRock PC Holdings, BlackRock Pensions Limited, BlackRock Peru Asesorías S.A., BlackRock Property Asia Limited, BlackRock Property Consulting (Beijing) Co., BlackRock Property France S.a.r.l., BlackRock Property Lux S.à.r.l., BlackRock Property Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., BlackRock Realty Advisors, BlackRock Royal Oak Holdings, BlackRock Saudi Arabia, BlackRock Scale Holdings, BlackRock Services India Private Limited, BlackRock Singapore III Pte. Ltd., BlackRock Slovakia s.r.o., BlackRock Strategic Investors, BlackRock Strategic Investors GP, BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited, BlackRock UK (Alpha) Limited, BlackRock UK (Beta) Limited, BlackRock UK (Delta) LP, BlackRock UK (Gamma) Limited, BlackRock UK (Sigma) Limited, BlackRock UK 2 LLP, BlackRock UK 3 LLP, BlackRock UK 4 LLP, BlackRock UK A LLP, BlackRock UK Holdco 2 Limited, BlackRock UK Holdco Limited, Blackhawk Investment Holding, CIE Automotive, Cachematrix Holdings, Cachematrix Integrations Private Limited, Cachematrix Software Solutions LLC, Cachematrix UK Limited, FutureAdvisor, Glass Mountain Pipeline, Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Advisors, Global Energy & Power Infrastructure II Advisors, Grosvenor Alternate Partner Limited, Grosvenor Ventures Limited, HLX Financial Holdings, MGPA (Bermuda) Limited, MGPA (Exec) Limited, MGPA Limited, Mercury Carry Company Ltd., Mercury Private Equity MUST 3 (Jersey) Limited, Object Capital Technology Inc., Phoenix Acquisition B.V., Phoenix Acquisitions Holdings, Portfolio Administration & Management Ltd., Prestadora de Servicios Integrales BlackRock Mexico, SVOF/MM, St. Albans House Nominees (Jersey) Ltd., State Street Research & Management, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC, Tlali Acero, Trident Merger, eFront, eFront (Jersey) Limited, eFront DMLT Holdings LLC, eFront DMLT Holdings S.R.L, eFront DR S.R.L, eFront Do Brasil Soluções Informáticas Para Sistemas Financeiros Ltda., eFront FZ-LLC, eFront Financial Solutions Inc., eFront GmbH, eFront Holdings SAS, eFront Hong Kong Limited, eFront Kabushiki Kaisha, eFront Ltd, eFront SAS, eFront Singapore Pte. Ltd, eFront Software Luxembourg S.à r.l., eFront Solutions Financeières Inc., eFront d.o.o. Beograd, iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilgesellschaftsvermögen, and iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC.

BlackRock was founded in 1988.

The official website for BlackRock is www.blackrock.com.

BlackRock is headquartered at 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10055.

BlackRock's mailing address is 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10055. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 212-810-5300 or via email at [email protected]