Key Stats for BlackRock Stock
- Today’s Performance: 7%
- 52-Week Range: $917 to $1,220
- Valuation Model Target Price: Around $1,250
- Implied Upside: About 15%
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What Happened?
BlackRock entered earnings with investors focused on whether its expansion into private markets and technology could generate faster fee growth without weakening profitability. The second-quarter report strengthened that case, sending BLK stock up 6.6%, or about 7%, to around $1,090 as record assets, broad inflows, and wider margins showed that its expanded platform is beginning to deliver. It was BlackRock’s strongest trading day since April 2025.
The stock rose specifically because BlackRock exceeded Wall Street’s profit and revenue expectations while showing that growth came from both rising markets and fresh client capital. Adjusted EPS increased 15% year over year to $13.91, above the $12.59 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 31% to $7.084 billion and assets under management reached a record $15.34 trillion. BlackRock also generated $192 billion of quarterly net inflows, an important distinction because new client assets produce recurring management fees rather than relying only on market appreciation.
This week, BlackRock also reported record adjusted operating income of $2.9 billion, up 39%, while its adjusted operating margin expanded 260 basis points to 45.9%, the highest level in nearly five years. The iShares exchange-traded fund platform, which gives investors access to stocks, bonds, and other markets, attracted approximately $178 billion, while private markets added $15 billion and technology annual contract value grew 15%. CFO Martin Small said “the BlackRock flywheel is in motion,” as ETFs, private credit, infrastructure, systematic investing, and recurring technology revenue contributed to growth.
Analyst and capital-return updates reinforced the rally. Goldman Sachs maintained its Buy rating and set a price target of around $1,350, while BlackRock increased planned quarterly share repurchases to at least $550 million from $450 million, subject to capital needs and market conditions. BlackRock competes with Vanguard and State Street in index investing, T. Rowe Price in active management, and Blackstone, KKR, and Ares in private markets. BlackRock’s $15.34 trillion in assets under management compares with State Street’s $5.6 trillion as of March 31, illustrating the distribution scale BlackRock can use to launch new products and spread technology investments across a much larger asset base.
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Is BlackRock Still Undervalued After Today’s Rally?
Under valuation assumptions, the stock is modeled using:
- Revenue Growth (CAGR): Around 13%
- Operating Margins: Around 37%
- Exit P/E Multiple: 17x
The roughly 13% revenue-growth assumption is demanding relative to BlackRock’s longer-term record, but the growth drivers are clear. HPS adds private-credit fees, Global Infrastructure Partners expands BlackRock’s higher-fee infrastructure business, Preqin contributes subscription-based private-market data, and continued iShares inflows increase recurring management revenue.
The approximately 37% operating-margin assumption appears defensible and slightly conservative relative to the chart. After EBIT margin fell to about 29% in 2025, analysts expect it to recover to around 39% in 2026 and remain near 39% to 42% through 2030. EBIT is also projected to rise from about $7 billion in 2025 to nearly $15 billion by 2030, reflecting stronger fee revenue, contributions from HPS and Global Infrastructure Partners, and greater operating leverage.
The 17x exit P/E multiple keeps the valuation disciplined because it sits below BlackRock’s recent next-12-month multiple of about 19x. That means earnings growth from inflows, higher-fee products, technology revenue, and expense control must drive most of the potential return rather than a richer valuation.
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Results through the rest of 2026 will depend on whether iShares continues attracting assets into active and fixed-income ETFs, which generally carry higher fees than basic equity-index products. Private-market fundraising and deployment through HPS and Global Infrastructure Partners could lift BlackRock’s average fee rate as those businesses become a larger share of revenue. Aladdin, Preqin, and eFront add recurring technology and data revenue as institutions seek a unified system for analyzing public and private investments. Continued organic base-fee growth and larger share repurchases could support EPS even if market appreciation slows.
At current levels, BlackRock appears modestly undervalued, with TIKR’s model pointing to a target of around $1,250 over approximately 2.5 years, or about 15% upside from around $1,090.
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