If You Invested $1000 in BlackRock a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now
Another factor that can influence investors is FOMO, or the fear of missing out, especially with tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.
What if you'd invested in BlackRock (BLK) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to BLK for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?
With that in mind, let's take a look at BlackRock's main business drivers.
BlackRock Inc., headquartered in New York, offers products that span the risk spectrum, including active, enhanced and index strategies through a variety of structures that include separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other pooled investment vehicles.BlackRock also offers technology services as well as advisory services and solutions to institutional and wealth management clients. The company manages its clients' assets as a fiduciary. As of March 31, 2025, total AUM was $11.58 trillion.BlackRock manages its AUM through the following categories:Equity: BlackRock's equity AUM reflects the diversity of its business model and includes a wide range of both active and passive strategies. AUM for this class was $6.2 trillion as of March 31, 2025.Fixed Income: BlackRock's fixed income asset class is evenly divided between passive and active mandates. AUM under this class was $3.01 trillion as of March 31, 2025.Multi-Asset Class: BlackRock's multi-asset class team manages a range of personalized mandates that leverage its broad investment expertise in global equities, currencies, bonds and commodities and its extensive risk management capabilities. As of March 31, 2025, AUM under this class was $1 trillion.Alternatives: BlackRock Alternative Investors manage the company's alternative investment efforts, including product management, business development and client service. AUM under this class was $439.39 billion as of March 31, 2025.Cash Management: Cash management products include taxable and tax-exempted money market funds and customized separate accounts. AUM under this class was $930.6 billion as of March 31, 2025.In 2017, BlackRock acquired the First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Funds and Cachematrix. In 2018, it acquired Tennenbaum Capital Partners and the asset management business of Citibanamex. In 2019, the company acquired Paris-based eFront. In 2021, it acquired Aperio Group LLC and the Climate Change Scenario Model of Baringa Partners. In 2023, the company acquired London-based Kreos Capital. In 2024, it acquired SpiderRock Advisors and Global Infrastructure Partners. In March 2025, it acquired Preqin.
Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio requires research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in BlackRock ten years ago, you're likely feeling pretty good about your investment today.
According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in July 2015 would be worth $3,140.51, or a gain of 214.05%, as of July 8, 2025, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.
Compare this to the S&P 500's rally of 199.33% and gold's return of 176.69% over the same time frame.
Analysts are anticipating more upside for BLK.
BlackRock's shares have outperformed the industry in the past year. Its inorganic expansion strategy, aimed at boosting its presence in lucrative alternatives and private equity assets, alongside product diversification efforts, will likely aid top-line and assets under management (AUM) growth. We expect total revenues and AUM to witness a CAGR of 11.8% and 11.2%, respectively, over the next three years. A solid liquidity position and earnings strength will likely keep capital distribution activities sustainable. However, elevated expenses (primarily due to higher general and administration costs and acquisitions) are a woe. We project expenses to jump 10.9% in 2025. The company's significant dependence on overseas revenues exposes it to geopolitical tensions, diverse regulatory and economic environments, and exchange rate fluctuations.
The stock has jumped 8.81% over the past four weeks. Additionally, no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 3 higher, for fiscal 2025; the consensus estimate has moved up as well.
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