BlackRock Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BLK)

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

BlackRock announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $3.30 per share on Tuesday, September 24th. This represents a $13.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 4th. View BlackRock's Dividend History.

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The asset manager reported $7.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $7.07 by $0.08. The asset manager earned $3.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.69 billion. BlackRock had a return on equity of 13.24% and a net margin of 30.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $7.52 earnings per share. View BlackRock's Earnings History.

14 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for BlackRock's stock. Their predictions range from $405.36 to $567.00. On average, they anticipate BlackRock's stock price to reach $501.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BlackRock.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BlackRock in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for BlackRock.

Media stories about BLK stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BlackRock earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for BlackRock.

BlackRock saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,510,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the August 30th total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 589,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View BlackRock's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BlackRock include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL) and Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR).

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 (ATH), Precision Drilling (PD), NIC (EGOV), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM) and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE).

BlackRock's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), Country Trust Bank (0.06%), Windward Capital Management Co. CA (0.03%), Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. (0.03%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). Company insiders that own BlackRock stock include Deryck C Maughan, Gary Shedlin, J Richard Kushel, Jeff A Smith, Laurence Fink, Marc D Comerchero, Mark Mccombe, Rachel Lord, Robert L Goldstein, Ryan Stork, Susan Wagner and William E Ford. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BlackRock.

BLK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Viking Fund Management LLC, Arden Trust Co and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold BlackRock company stock in the last year include Gary Shedlin, J Richard Kushel, Jeff A Smith, Laurence Fink, Marc D Comerchero, Mark Mccombe, Rachel Lord and Robert L Goldstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for BlackRock.

BLK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Keystone Financial Planning Inc., Winmill & CO. Inc., Park National Corp OH, Exane Derivatives, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC and North Star Investment Management Corp.. Company insiders that have bought BlackRock stock in the last two years include Deryck C Maughan and William E Ford. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $444.45.

BlackRock has a market capitalization of $68.70 billion and generates $14.20 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $4.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $26.93 on an earnings per share basis. BlackRock employs 14,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BlackRock.

The official website for BlackRock is http://www.blackrock.com/.

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]