BLK
BlackRock
October 15, 2026 · pre-market
- Rarity
- 1.64
- Peak move
- +4.60%
- Float cap
- $155.1B
BlackRock is an investment management firm serving institutional and retail clients in over 100 countries, including pension plans, insurers, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and financial advisors. It sells index and active strategies across equities, fixed income, alternatives and cash, distributed through mutual funds, separately managed accounts and the iShares exchange-traded fund brand. It also licenses its Aladdin risk and portfolio management technology platform.
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20 events · 0 from SEC or newswire · 0 timed with the moveanalyst_ratingMorgan Stanley adjusted its BlackRock price target to $1,531 from $1,468, maintaining a Buy/Overweight stance.
analyst_ratingUBS raised its BlackRock price target to $1,300 from $1,277 and maintained a Buy rating.
analyst_ratingKeefe, Bruyette & Woods raised its BlackRock price target to $1,310 from $1,290.
analyst_ratingWells Fargo set a $1,250 price target on BlackRock.
institutional_flowCaledonia Mining said BlackRock's voting rights in the company fell to 6.15% (1,190,050 votes) as of Oct 13, 2026 from 6.96% previously, per an AIM notification dated Oct 14.
buybackBlackRock repurchased $550 million of its shares in Q3 2026 and said it expects to buy back at least another $550 million in Q4, subject to market conditions and consistent with July guidance.
executive_remarkBlackRock CEO Larry Fink said a US moratorium on data center construction would trigger a recession and outlined plans to securitize GPUs and other AI chips based on their residual value, likening it to the MBS market and saying the project could take about a year.
executive_remarkOn BlackRock's Q3 earnings call, CEO Larry Fink compared the early AI buildout to the 1980s mortgage-securities market, described compute capacity as an asset class in its own right, and said BlackRock plans to develop data series and securitized products tied to AI infrastructure.
institutional_flowKrilogy Financial LLC raised its BlackRock position by 57.1% in Q3 2026, adding 2,630 shares to hold 7,237 shares worth about $7.66 million.
- Key event
earnings_releaseBlackRock reported Q3 2026 results: revenue of $7.75B (up 19% YoY), adjusted EPS of $15.93 (up 38%, beating ~$14.13-14.15 consensus), net income of $1.66B, $205B of net inflows including $135B into iShares ETFs, and record AUM of $15.49-15.5T.
- Key event
acquisition_acquirerBlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners and Emirati fund MGX, through the AI Infrastructure Partnership, closed the approximately $40 billion acquisition of data center operator Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management, with an additional $5 billion committed to expand its footprint.
analyst_ratingJPMorgan analyst Michael Cho raised his price target on BlackRock to $1,449 from $1,435 and kept an Overweight rating, calling the Q3 result a clean beat.
analyst_ratingBank of America Securities analyst Craig Siegenthaler reiterated a Buy rating on BlackRock and raised his price target to $1,313 from $1,287, citing accelerating organic base fee growth and strong ETF demand.
- Key event
major_contractBlackRock partnered with Meta Platforms to finance Meta's planned $14 billion Texas data center, combining Global Infrastructure Partners' infrastructure expertise with private financing including HPS.
institutional_flowMechanics Bank Trust Department increased its BlackRock stake by 37.4% in Q3 2026, adding 1,463 shares to own 5,374 shares valued at about $5.69 million.
guidance_changeThe BlackRock Investment Institute, in an October 12 note by Jean Boivin, Rick Rieder and Wei Li, cut US equities to neutral from overweight and upgraded short-term US Treasuries to overweight while moving long-dated Treasuries to neutral.
analyst_ratingBMO Capital reiterated a Buy rating on BlackRock with a $1,300 price target.
institutional_flowBlackRock raised its stake in Brazil's Bradesco above 10% of preferred shares, holding 511 million preferred shares, 50.6 million ADRs and 143 million common shares, and also lifted its Banrisul preferred holding to 10.6 million shares (about 5.203%), per an Oct 13 filing.
analyst_ratingMorgan Stanley analyst Mike Cyprys maintained an Overweight rating on BlackRock and lowered his price target to $1,468 from $1,479.
debt_financingBlackRock is leading a bond issuance to raise at least $12 billion of debt for an approximately 1-gigawatt Meta-backed data center campus in El Paso, Texas, where BlackRock holds an 80% stake and Meta 20%, with JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley arranging the deal.