BHK Investment Advisors LLC Invests $893,000 in BlackRock $BLK

BHK Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 766 shares of the asset manager’s stock, valued at approximately $893,000. BlackRock makes up approximately 0.3% of BHK Investment Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pacifica Partners Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of BlackRock by 450.0% in the 3rd 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 increased its stake in BlackRock by 1,000.0% in the 3rd quarter. TruNorth Capital Management LLC now owns 22 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 20 shares during the period. Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in BlackRock in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its stake in BlackRock by 107.1% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 29 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creekmur Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of BlackRock by 87.5% during the second quarter. Creekmur Asset Management LLC now owns 30 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares during the period. 80.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

BlackRock News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting BlackRock this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock’s fixed‑income CIO Rick Rieder said emerging markets look “very attractive” as AI reshapes markets — comments that signal potential portfolio shifts and product marketing that could boost EM flows. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock increased an active stake in Archer Aviation (~8.1%), showing the firm is deploying capital into growth/innovative sectors — a move that highlights BlackRock’s trading and strategic investment activity beyond passive ETF management. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product demand: coverage highlights demand for BlackRock fixed‑income/iShares ETFs that offer 4%+ income and growing interest in tokenized real‑world asset (RWA) products — both support fee revenue diversification. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: RWA flows: Ondo Finance moved capital into BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, underscoring institutional appetite for tokenized treasury/RWA products that can expand BlackRock’s product suite and AUM. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: BlackRock notified BAWAG Group that it raised its stake above 5.8% — a passive/strategic holding that may matter for BAWAG but is unlikely to move BLK’s broad revenue picture materially. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: IBIT experienced record daily trading ($10B) during a severe Bitcoin selloff; the ETF fell double digits on the day — extreme volatility drives trading but also price losses and short‑term outflows that can pressure fee income and sentiment around crypto products. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Wider crypto stress: reports show historic Bitcoin drawdown, elevated implied vol, forced liquidations and multi‑fund outflows (~$545M across U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs), which may weigh on flows into BlackRock’s crypto product suite in the near term. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Freedom Capital raised BlackRock from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Evercore reduced their price target on BlackRock from $1,300.00 to $1,275.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 12th. UBS Group set a $1,280.00 target price on BlackRock in a research note on Friday, January 16th. TD Cowen cut BlackRock from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price objective on shares of BlackRock from $1,290.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, BlackRock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,311.11.

BlackRock Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE BLK opened at $1,055.62 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $1,092.08 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1,107.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 3.33 and a quick ratio of 3.33. The company has a market capitalization of $163.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.47. BlackRock has a 1 year low of $773.74 and a 1 year high of $1,219.94.

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 15th. The asset manager reported $13.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $12.55 by $0.61. The business had revenue of $6.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.80 billion. BlackRock had a net margin of 22.93% and a return on equity of 15.14%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $11.93 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts predict that BlackRock will post 47.41 earnings per share for the current year.

BlackRock Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be issued a dividend of $5.73 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 6th. This is an increase from BlackRock’s previous quarterly dividend of $5.21. This represents a $22.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. BlackRock’s dividend payout ratio is 58.84%.

Insider Transactions at BlackRock

In other news, Director J. Richard Kushel sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,125.00, for a total transaction of $22,500,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 61,894 shares in the company, valued at $69,630,750. This represents a 24.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Martin Small sold 27,047 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,171.14, for a total transaction of $31,675,823.58. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 10,557 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,363,724.98. This trade represents a 71.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 48,305 shares of company stock worth $55,488,396 in the last quarter. Insiders own 1.98% of the company’s stock.

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.