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BlackRock

BLK
70
Asset Management · Financial Services
Also trades as: 0QZZ.L GBP 10.67 (+0.19%)
Price
$1065.35
-4.28 (-0.40%)
Market Cap
$165.12B
Winston Score
70
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Oct 9, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
25/30
Growth
Good
11/20
Cash Flow
Good
6/10
Stability
Exceptional
10/10
Valuation
Strong
7/10
Ownership
Good
8/15
Dividends
Good
3/5

70 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 70.

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Share count rising — dilution

+4.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 154.4M (2021) → 160.9M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

BlackRock is the world's largest asset management company. It manages money on behalf of pension funds, governments, insurance companies, and everyday investors through mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Its iShares brand is the largest ETF provider in the world, giving millions of people low-cost ways to invest in stocks and bonds.

BlackRock earns money primarily by charging a small percentage fee on the assets it manages — the more money it oversees, the more revenue it collects. It operates globally, with clients across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond, and currently manages over $10 trillion in assets. Its technology platform, Aladdin, is used by other financial firms to manage risk, adding a software-like revenue stream on top of its core business. The main risk is that falling markets shrink the value of assets under management, which directly reduces the fees BlackRock collects.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+30.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+19.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

7.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 years

$22.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$22.3B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

BlackRock grew revenue 31% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
82.0%
Premium pricing power — 82.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
35.7%
Excellent — 35.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.2%
Good — 12.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+26.5%
Fast-growing sales (+26.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+1.3%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
60%
Modest — 60% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
13.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.22
Conservative — low debt load (0.22)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
18.15x
Comfortably covers interest (18.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.1x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+8.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.1 → 16.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.14%
Moderate income — 2.14% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+8.1%
Dividend growing modestly (8.1% YoY)

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