Czech National Bank Has $39.51 Million Stock Holdings in BlackRock $BLK

Czech National Bank raised its holdings in shares of BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 41,093 shares of the asset manager’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,796 shares during the quarter. Czech National Bank’s holdings in BlackRock were worth $39,513,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of BlackRock during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. RMG Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in BlackRock in the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new stake in BlackRock during the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of BlackRock during the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA bought a new stake in shares of BlackRock during the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,000. 80.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about BlackRock

Here are the key news stories impacting BlackRock this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock is promoting model portfolios as a way to bring private-market funds to affluent individual investors. Wider distribution could increase fee-generating assets and strengthen BlackRock’s position in alternatives. Wall Street touts outsourced allocation ploy in bid to market private funds to individuals
• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock is expanding blockchain-based products, including tokenized European money-market funds through JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform. The initiative supports long-term growth in digital assets and institutional liquidity products. BlackRock brings tokenized money market funds to Europe via JPMorgan
• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock is among the validators for Circle’s planned Arc blockchain and intends to deploy its BUIDL digital liquidity fund on the network. The relationship could help accelerate adoption of tokenized securities and reinforce BlackRock’s digital-asset leadership. Blueprint for a Banking Fortress: Circle Redraws the Map
• Neutral Sentiment: BlackRock will conduct a one-for-three reverse split of its iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA). The action raises the per-share price but does not change investors’ proportional ownership or the fund’s underlying value. BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF To Undergo 1-For-3 Reverse Split
• Negative Sentiment: BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TCPC), an affiliated business-development company, is transferring approximately $523 million of loans—nearly half of its debt investments—to a Pantheon-backed fund while cutting leverage and reviewing strategic options. The move may reduce risk, but the scale of the restructuring highlights stress in private credit and could weigh on sentiment toward BlackRock’s alternatives platform. BlackRock Offloads $523 Million in Loans to Rescue Troubled Private Credit Fund

BlackRock Stock Down 0.4%

BLK stock opened at $1,128.98 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $174.98 billion, a PE ratio of 26.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a quick ratio of 4.09, a current ratio of 4.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. BlackRock has a 52 week low of $917.39 and a 52 week high of $1,219.94. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $1,037.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1,041.54.

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 15th. The asset manager reported $13.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $12.69 by $1.22. BlackRock had a net margin of 24.09% and a return on equity of 15.01%. The firm had revenue of $7.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.73 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $12.05 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 30.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts anticipate that BlackRock will post 55.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

BlackRock Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 8th will be paid a $5.73 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 8th. This represents a $22.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.0%. BlackRock’s dividend payout ratio is presently 54.78%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently weighed in on BLK shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a $1,258.00 price target on shares of BlackRock in a report on Thursday, July 16th. TD Cowen dropped their target price on BlackRock from $1,238.00 to $1,105.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 9th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of BlackRock from $1,383.00 to $1,488.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $1,145.00 price target on shares of BlackRock in a research note on Friday, July 10th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price objective on shares of BlackRock from $1,275.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, BlackRock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,304.29.

BlackRock Company 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.