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How BlackRock, Inc. stacks up
BLK · against 7 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
64/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #6 of 8 · scores higher than 29% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score1 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including BLK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 64?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 3.7% vs peer median 2.6%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 32.6% vs peer median 23.5%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 71% of peers. Return on invested capital: 11.7% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BLK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BLK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 8 reported | 11.7% | 13.9% | 14% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 5 reported | 32.6% | 40.7% | 25% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 8 reported | 3.7% | 3.7% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 7 reported | Not reported | 15.8% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 8 reported | 48.3% | 66.4% | 29% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BLK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 141.3B USD | 95 | 52 | |
| 2 | 137.4B USD | 79 | 50 | |
| 3 | 218.3B USD | 78 | 50 | |
| 4 | 109.3B USD | 77 | 53 | |
| 5 | 97.2B USD | 72 | 44 | |
| 6 | 188.7B USD | 64 | 45 | |
| 7 | 128.0B USD | 58 | 61 | |
| 7 | 96.0B USD | 58 | 48 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score