BlackRock, Inc.
BLK · NYSE
Company research
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is the world's largest asset manager, founded in 1988 by Laurence D. Fink and headquartered in New York City, with approximately $12.5 trillion in assets under management and a global presence spanning 70 offices across 30 countries. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of investment management, risk management, and advisory services to a broad client base that includes institutional investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, and governments, as well as intermediaries and retail investors. BlackRock's product platform spans equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative strategies offered through mutual funds, ETFs — including its market-leading iShares franchise — and separately managed accounts. In addition to its asset management business, the company operates Aladdin, a proprietary enterprise risk management and investment technology platform widely used by major financial institutions worldwide, generating approximately $20.4 billion in total revenue in fiscal year 2024.
Research reports
Ultra Stock Analysis Pro · April 17, 2026BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) – Comprehensive Analyst Report
Quantitative and technical analyst report that supports a BUY stance on BLK with about 19% upside to a consensus target near USD 1,251.88, grounded in strong revenue and earnings growth, high institutional ownership and a 63% backtested win rate, while stressing ATR-based risk management and patience around entry given elevated beta, volatility and company- and market-specific risks.
Morningstar (via Firstrade) · January 15, 2026Morningstar Equity Analyst Report – BlackRock Inc (BLK)Comprehensive fundamental research that highlights BlackRock’s record AUM above USD 14 trillion, a wide economic moat built on ETF and index scale, diversified global client base and consistently positive organic AUM growth, concluding that the shares are slightly undervalued versus a fair value rising toward USD 1,200 while remaining conservative on near‑term macro-policy and market-risk assumptions.
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) – US Equity Research · September 30, 2025US EQUITY RESEARCH – BlackRock IncDBS maintains a BUY rating on BLK with a USD 1,175 twelve‑month target based on 22x FY26F P/E, arguing that BlackRock’s scale, ETF leadership, diversified active fixed income and systematic strategies, growing private credit AUM via HPS, and Aladdin’s double‑digit growth underpin market‑share gains and peer‑resilient earnings, while flagging recession, tariff, liquidity and valuation corrections as key downside risks to AUM‑linked fee streams.