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Company snapshot — BlackRock Inc

BLK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
BlackRock manages money for institutions and individuals, running equity, fixed income, real estate and multi-asset portfolios alongside its iShares exchange-traded funds. It builds and sells mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds and index products, and also sells risk-management and advisory tools to other investors. Clients range from pension plans and insurers to governments, endowments and banks. It is headquartered in New York.
Where it sits in the stack
BlackRock does not hold a seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's two AI build-out indices; it sits in the Financial Services sector, within the asset-management sleeve of our wider coverage, rather than in any hardware or infrastructure layer.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with Vanguard and State Street, the other large managers running big index and active fund ranges alongside it.
Why Closelook tracks it
BlackRock is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score, so no module reading exists for it yet, and the diary has recorded no quotes or edition mentions for the name so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how BlackRock's flows into passive and active funds move against Vanguard and State Street, since that split shapes how much of the asset-management sleeve it holds.

BlackRock Inc (BLK) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: BLK news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BLK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Asset Management · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Asset Management · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against BLK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.11%, quarterly · last 5.87 USD on 2026-09-08

Dividends and capital return

What BLK pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 22.54 USD per share · a 2.11% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +8.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 20.73 USD per share
  • Last distribution 5.87 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-08
  • By calendar year 2023: 5.00 USD (partial) · 2024: 20.40 USD · 2025: 20.84 USD · 2026: 17.33 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-06

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is BlackRock Inc (BLK)?

BlackRock Inc trades as BLK on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BLK in a Closelook index?

Not currently — BlackRock Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does BLK trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.2% vs the 50-day and +1% vs the 200-day average, 11.4% below the 52-week high and +16.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 25 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does BlackRock Inc do?

BlackRock manages money for institutions and individuals, running equity, fixed income, real estate and multi-asset portfolios alongside its iShares exchange-traded funds. It builds and sells mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds and index products, and also sells risk-management and advisory tools to other investors. Clients range from pension plans and insurers to governments, endowments and banks. The diary has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with Vanguard and State Street, the other large managers running big index and active fund ranges alongside it.

Where does BlackRock Inc sit in the AI build-out?

BlackRock does not hold a seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's two AI build-out indices; it sits in the Financial Services sector, within the asset-management sleeve of our wider coverage, rather than in any hardware or infrastructure layer. BlackRock is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score, so no module reading exists for it yet, and the diary has recorded no quotes or edition mentions for the name so far.

Does BlackRock Inc pay a dividend?

BlackRock Inc has paid 22.54 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.11% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 5.87 USD on 2026-09-08. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BLK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Asset Management. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.