NYSE:BLK - BlackRock Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

BlackRock announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 7th will be given a dividend of $3.13 per share on Monday, September 24th. This represents a $12.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 6th. This is a positive change from BlackRock's previous quarterly dividend of $2.88. View BlackRock's Dividend History.

BlackRock declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, April 7th 2017, which permits the company to buyback 6,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) released its earnings results on Monday, July, 16th. The asset manager reported $6.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $6.55 by $0.11. The asset manager earned $3.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.58 billion. BlackRock had a return on equity of 13.29% and a net margin of 38.97%. The company's revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $5.24 earnings per share. View BlackRock's Earnings History.

BlackRock is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 9th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BlackRock.

11 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for BlackRock's shares. Their predictions range from $547.00 to $682.00. On average, they anticipate BlackRock's stock price to reach $597.2727 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for BlackRock.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BlackRock in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to BlackRock include Morgan Stanley (MS), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab Co. Common Stock (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).

News headlines about BLK stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. BlackRock earned a coverage optimism score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the asset manager an impact score of 49.15 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

BlackRock's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.20%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.13%), Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.12%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.08%), Huntington National Bank (0.07%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%). Company insiders that own BlackRock stock include Deryck C Maughan, Gary Shedlin, J Richard Kushel, James Grosfeld, Jeff A Smith, Laurence Fink, Marc D Comerchero, Mark Mccombe, Robert L Goldstein, Robert W Fairbairn, Ryan Stork, Susan Wagner, William E Ford and William S Demchak. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BlackRock.

BLK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fred Alger Management Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., LS Investment Advisors LLC, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., RNC Capital Management LLC, Whittier Trust Co., Knowledge Leaders Capital LLC and Bremer Trust National Association. Company insiders that have sold BlackRock company stock in the last year include J Richard Kushel, Jeff A Smith, Laurence Fink, Marc D Comerchero, Mark Mccombe, Robert L Goldstein, Robert W Fairbairn, Ryan Stork and Susan Wagner. View Insider Buying and Selling for BlackRock.

BLK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., GWM Advisors LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, Segment Wealth Management LLC and Eagle Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought BlackRock stock in the last two years include Deryck C Maughan, William E Ford and William S Demchak. View Insider Buying and Selling for BlackRock.

Shares of BLK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $502.78.

BlackRock has a market capitalization of $80.87 billion and generates $12.49 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $4.97 billion in net income (profit) each year or $22.60 on an earnings per share basis. BlackRock employs 13,900 workers across the globe.

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]