BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
BLK beats Q4 earnings as revenues surge and AUM hits a record high, lifted by strong net inflows despite higher expenses.
Pre-market futures are mixed at this hour, more or less at levels we had seen before this morning's economic reports, of which there are a few. The Dow is -26 points currently, while the S&P 500, Nasdaq and small-cap Russell 2000 are all up: +33 points, +246 points and +4 points, respectively.
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BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) reported fourth quarter 2025 earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations and ended the year with a record $14 trillion in assets under management, sending its shares up almost 5% on Thursday morning. The asset manager posted Q4 revenue of $7.01 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $6.75 billion.
Although the revenue and EPS for BlackRock (BLK) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
BlackRock hit $14 trillion in assets after bringing in close to $700 billion in net inflows in 2025. The firm remains hyper-focused on fundraising in 2026, CEO Larry Fink said during an earnings call.
The world's biggest asset manager said on Thursday that the value of its assets under management (AUM) increased by a record $698 billion.
The world's largest money manager posted net income of $1.13 billion, down 33% from a year earlier.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) is scheduled to announce its earnings on Thursday, January 15, 2026. The firm currently has a market capitalization of $169 Billion.
Shares in the asset management firm – which recorded roughly $13.5 trillion in assets at the end of September – fell roughly 1% Tuesday.
“The Fed has got to get the rate down to 3% — I think that is closer to equilibrium,” BlackRock's chief investment officer of global fixed income said.