Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Raises Stock Position in BlackRock $BLK

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund increased its position in shares of BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) by 30.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 16,435 shares of the asset manager’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,845 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings in BlackRock were worth $19,161,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pacifica Partners Inc. increased its holdings in shares of BlackRock by 450.0% in the third quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 22 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares during the period. TruNorth Capital Management LLC grew its position in BlackRock by 1,000.0% during the third quarter. TruNorth Capital Management LLC now owns 22 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Garde Capital Inc. increased its stake in BlackRock by 200.0% in the 2nd quarter. Garde Capital Inc. now owns 27 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of BlackRock in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of BlackRock by 107.1% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 29 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. 80.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about BlackRock

Here are the key news stories impacting BlackRock this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock publicly denied that it buys single‑family homes after a Trump housing proposal caused market confusion, reducing headline-driven regulatory/PR risk for the firm and calming investors who conflated BlackRock with large institutional home‑buyers. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary expect BlackRock’s earnings to keep growing; upbeat model/earnings previews (Zacks) support a case that BLK may beat consensus, which is constructive for the stock’s valuation multiple. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional crypto integrations tied to BlackRock (tokenized BUIDL reserves backing new stablecoin JupUSD on Solana, Jupiter exchange integrations) underline BlackRock’s growing footprint in tokenized/institutional digital‑asset products — a potential long‑run growth driver for fee products. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: BlackRock’s ETF head reiterated that it’s “still very early days” for Bitcoin and Ethereum adoption — a measured, long‑term bullish stance but not an immediate catalyst. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Disclosure filings show BlackRock trimmed (or fell below) a 5% stake in Orion Corp — routine portfolio turnover with little likely impact on BLK’s fundamentals. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that BlackRock moved roughly $276M in BTC and $83M in ETH to Coinbase Prime (some outlets described the transfers as “dumping”) are creating short‑term headline risk: transfers to exchange custody can be interpreted as intent to sell, which can spook crypto‑exposed assets and risk‑sensitive flows tied to BlackRock’s crypto products. The reporting is mixed though — some outlets frame the firm as an accumulator over several days — so the signal is ambiguous but has triggered near‑term volatility. Article Title Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods trimmed its BLK price target slightly (from $1,322 to $1,310), which is a modest negative signal for near‑term sentiment even though the rating remains “outperform.” Article Title

Insider Buying and Selling

In other BlackRock news, CFO Martin Small sold 1,258 shares of BlackRock stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,043.38, for a total value of $1,312,572.04. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 6,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,478,346.42. The trade was a 16.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Rachel Lord sold 12,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,165.04, for a total value of $13,980,480.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,205 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,394,113.20. The trade was a 62.48% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 1.98% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price objective on shares of BlackRock from $1,160.00 to $1,265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of BlackRock from $1,456.00 to $1,464.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of BlackRock from $1,280.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of BlackRock from $1,486.00 to $1,514.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $1,313.00 price target on shares of BlackRock in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, BlackRock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,313.12.

BlackRock Price Performance

BLK stock opened at $1,087.74 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $168.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.47. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $1,067.03 and its 200 day moving average is $1,100.94. BlackRock has a 52 week low of $773.74 and a 52 week high of $1,219.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 3.33.

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 14th. The asset manager reported $11.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $11.78 by ($0.23). BlackRock had a net margin of 26.64% and a return on equity of 14.80%. The business had revenue of $6.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $11.46 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that BlackRock will post 47.41 earnings per share for the current year.

BlackRock Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, December 5th were given a dividend of $5.21 per share. This represents a $20.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 5th. BlackRock’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 53.59%.

BlackRock Profile

BlackRock, Inc is a global investment management firm that provides a broad range of products and services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors. Its core activities include portfolio management across active and index strategies, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the iShares brand, fixed income, equity and multi-asset solutions, as well as alternatives such as private equity, real estate and infrastructure. The firm also offers cash management and liquidity solutions and retirement-focused products designed for defined contribution and defined benefit investors.

In addition to traditional investment management, BlackRock is known for its technology and risk management capabilities, most prominently its Aladdin platform, which combines portfolio management, trading and risk analytics and is used both internally and licensed to external clients.