Earnings Release
BlackRock, Inc.'s latest earnings press release, filed Oct 14, 2026, scored line by line for tone, guidance and what changed since the prior release.
The lines that matter most
Ranked by how material, how strongly worded and how new each sentence is.
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That client trust is translating into higher earnings power, with shareholders benefiting from a more than 35% increase in adjusted earnings per share year-over-year, a 47.8% adjusted operating margin, and 11% annualized organic base fee growth in the third quarter.
New this quarter - 2
Our track record of strong investment performance drove $66 billion of active net inflows, led by our fixed income and systematic franchises. iShares generated $135 billion of net inflows, diversified across categories and global product lines.
New this quarter - 3
$15.5 trillion in AUM following $869 billion of net inflows over the last twelve months, representing 10% organic base fee growth $205 billion of net inflows and 11% annualized organic base fee growth in the quarter reflect broad-based strength across iShares ® ETFs, systematic active equities, private markets, and cash 19% increase in revenue year-over-year reflects the positive impact of markets, organic base fee growth, higher performance fees, and higher technology services and subscription revenue 14% growth in technology services and subscription revenue year-over-year , driven by continued momentum in Aladdin® and multi-product solutions 19% increase in year-over-year GAAP operating income and 25% increase in GAAP diluted EPS impacted by a noncash change in fair value of contingent consideration associated with prior acquisitions, which has been excluded from as adjusted results 27% increase in year-over-year as adjusted operating income 38% increase in year-over-year as adjusted diluted EPS also reflects higher nonoperating income in the current quarter $550 million of share repurchases in the current quarterLaurence D. Fink, Chairman and CEO: “BlackRock's results demonstrate the value of our integrated platform, as clients increasingly choose us as a partner across investing, financing, and technology.
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Our results reflect the scale of BlackRock, with 12% technology ACV growth and net inflows across every asset class, client type, region, and across active and index.
New this quarter - 5
We’ve raised $68 billion in private markets over the last twelve months, and our AI Infrastructure Partnership made its first deployment this quarter.
New this quarter - 6
BlackRock Reports Third Quarter 2026 Diluted EPS of $10.57, or $15.93 as adjusted
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“Clients entrusted us with $205 billion of net inflows this quarter, and $869 billion over the last year.
Release by release
Tone and guidance for the last 2 earnings releases.
- Oct 14, 2026No guidance given83.4+3.2
- Jul 15, 2026No guidance given80.2
Bar length: tone on a 50–89 scale.
The release, annotated
How this is scored
- Source: the press release BlackRock, Inc. filed with the SEC as Exhibit 99 to Form 8-K (Item 2.02). Financial statements and boilerplate are set aside.
- Tone: a financial sentiment model scores each sentence 0 to 100; the release score weights sentences by how material they are.
- Materiality and guidance: a classifier judges whether each sentence is specific information, and what the release does to the outlook.
- New this quarter: wording that does not appear in the prior release.
- Hedging: uncertainty words (may, could, approximately, headwinds and similar) per 100 words of narrative.
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