Blackrock, Inc. (BLK)

NYSE: BLK · Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2024

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Grade5.4

◀ Past 6.1● Present 5.9▶ Future 4.0

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The grade of Blackrock, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.4/10

◀ Past6.125% of the headline

● Present5.945% of the headline

▶ Future4.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

6.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2024.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Blackrock, Inc.'s filings since 2024 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

5.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.7% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Blackrock, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $18 billion in fiscal 2022 to $24 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10.7% a year; it rose in 2 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span10.7%bottom 38% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 28% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 21% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.1%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

6.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.8% a year. 76% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 36 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Blackrock, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 76% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 36 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 38% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1045% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 67%: owes 67¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Blackrock, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 67 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 6.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
return on equitybottom 36% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 29 in its family; net margin 22.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Blackrock, Inc.'s standing among 29 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $24 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 13% by size; a net margin of 22.9% ranks in the top 40%; revenue growth of 10.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$24.22Btop 13% of its family
net margin22.9%top 40% of its family
three-year revenue growth10.7%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

8.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 8.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 17% of 21 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-11-22 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read: The record of its people begins on 2024-11-22 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 21 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Blackrock, Inc.'s leadership is put at 8.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 17% of 21 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-11-22 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 29 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Blackrock, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 billion against debt of $13 billion leaves -0.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 22% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.7% of revenue (top 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-0.8%bottom 22% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.7%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Blackrock, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.7% a year over the last three filed years against 10.7% over all 4, speeding up (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 18.7% (top 48%); capital spending grew -11.1% a year (bottom 37%) (its annual reports). Blackrock, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Investment Advice at $19 billion (79%), Technology Services and Subscription Revenue at $2.0 billion (8%), Investment Performance at $1.4 billion (6%), and 2 more; 5 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 46% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth18.7%top 48% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-11.1%bottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

3.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 32% of 25 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Blackrock, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $24 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 11.1% above the $22 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 38% of its family); net income of $5.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.7 billion (bottom 25%); a net margin of 22.9% against 30.3% before (bottom 10%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace11.1%top 38% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-2%bottom 25% of its family
net margin against its prior average-7.4 pointsbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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