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Company Dossier · Financials

BlackRock Inc.

BLKNYSEAsset ManagementUSLarge cap
  • S&P 500
  • S&P 100
  • Russell 1000

What BlackRock Inc. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

Open the full company record in Palanor: guidance, KPIs, ownership, calls, prices →

The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $27.3 billion, up 27% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $3.52 billion, down 9.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.42 billion, up 20% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2024: $1.93 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.08 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (October 14, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 25, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $22.0 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 2,341 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−2 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 262 (201 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
  • Headlines in the last 30 days: 13, of which 4 read positive and 0 negative.Palanor headline tone

Company Posture

How Company Posture is measured →

What BlackRock Inc. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.

Steady · Confident

Expanding ↔ Retrenching

Steady

RetrenchingExpanding

Confident ↔ Hedging

Confident

HedgingConfident

Pressure

Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).

Credit

How these are built →

BlackRock Inc.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.

Bonds priced, last 12 months

None

U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.

PricedAmountCouponMaturesSpreadYield
Mar 25, 2025€1B3.750%2035 (10y)+97bp—

From the pricing term sheets BlackRock Inc. filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

BlackRock Inc.: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$3.5BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$27.3BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

BlackRock Inc.: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$1.9BData to Dec 2024
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

16.4Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

BlackRock Inc.: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

1.0Data 23 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data 9 days ago
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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BlackRock Inc.: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.90Data 9 days ago
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

BlackRock Inc.: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

0.00Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

BlackRock Inc.: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

262.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

BlackRock Inc.: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$22.0MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

BlackRock Inc.: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

2,341Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

News

Business

BlackRock Inc.: headline tone

Net share of positive headlines, trailing 28 days, −1 to +1

0.36Data 6 days ago
ImagePalanor calculation from news headlines (tone words only)

In the news

Headlines that name BlackRock Inc., with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
13 headlines
31% positive · 0% negative
90 days
15 headlines
27% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (PHRONESISDC, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.6 million
  3. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP LLC (DC))third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  5. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  6. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (RESONANT TAX STRATEGIES, LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  7. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (RICH FEUER ANDERSON)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  8. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  9. Jul 21, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA IN DIGITIZED BLOCKS IN A BLOCKCHAIN AS COLLATERALUS 12688497
  10. Jul 14, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK SIMULATION BASED TRANSACTION ROUTINGUS 12683868
  11. Jun 30, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING A PREDICTION MODEL WITH VARYING LEVELS OF DATA AVAILABILITYUS 12670422
  12. Jun 30, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN DATA RECORDS ACROSS DATABASES WITH DIFFERENT DATA SCHEMASUS 12670133
  13. Jun 9, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC TRADE ORDER ROUTINGUS 12651295
  14. May 22, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  15. Apr 3, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  16. Feb 25, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  17. Jan 27, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  18. Jan 16, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  19. May 16, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  20. Apr 7, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  21. Apr 3, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  22. Feb 25, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)
  23. Feb 14, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  24. Jan 15, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  25. Nov 19, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  26. Nov 8, 20248-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01

Peers

Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
American International Group AIG$26.6B—Jun 30, 2026
Marsh McLennan MRSH$28.5B$4.2BSep 30, 2026
Charles Schwab Corporation SCHW$26.0B$10.8BJun 30, 2026
Reinsurance Group of America RGA$26.0B—Jun 30, 2026
U.S. Bancorp USB$29.7B—Jun 30, 2026
Block, Inc. XYZ$25.0B$3.9BJun 30, 2026
PNC Financial Services PNC$25.0B—Jun 30, 2026
PayPal PYPL$33.7B$5.5BMar 31, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
2012383
SAM UEI
FXE5F9JY7ZT5
SAM UEI
M8KNMFAASB83

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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