BlackrockBLK
About: BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world, with $11.584 trillion in assets under management at the end of March 2025. Its product mix is diverse, with 53% of managed assets in equity strategies, 26% in fixed income, 9% in multi-asset classes, 8% in money market funds, and 4% in alternatives. Passive strategies account for two thirds of long-term AUM, with the company's ETF platform maintaining a leading market share domestically and on a global basis. Product distribution is weighted more toward institutional clients, which by our calculations account for around 80% of AUM. BlackRock is geographically diverse, with clients in more than 100 countries and more than one third of managed assets coming from investors domiciled outside the US and Canada.
Employees: 22,600
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
133% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 485 | Existing positions closed: 208
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 30 [Q3] → 40 (+10) [Q4]
14% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $106B [Q3] → $121B (+$14.5B) [Q4]
13% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,784 [Q3] → 2,019 (+235) [Q4]
3% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 657 | Existing positions reduced: 640
0.3% more ownership
Funds ownership: 76.66% [Q3] → 76.96% (+0.3%) [Q4]
40% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.28B | Put options by funds: $2.15B
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
UBS Brennan Hawken 72% 1-year accuracy 23 / 32 met price target | 1%downside $980 | Neutral Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup William Katz 50% 1-year accuracy 2 / 4 met price target | 11%upside $1,100 | Buy Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Kenneth Worthington 59% 1-year accuracy 19 / 32 met price target | 0%downside $988 | Neutral Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish 72% 1-year accuracy 97 / 134 met price target | 0%upside $990 | Overweight Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Michael Brown 38% 1-year accuracy 9 / 24 met price target | 5%upside $1,035 | Overweight Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 24 articles about BLK published over the past 30 days
