---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-153768"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLK"
cik: "0002012383"
company_name: "BlackRock, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:27:59.559390+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackRock Q1 2026: AUM $13.9T, base fees $5.4B, revenue up 27% YoY

## Summary
- AUM of $13.9 trillion at March 31, 2026; LTM organic asset growth rate of 3%.
- Base fees and securities lending revenue of $5.4 billion in Q1 2026.
- Total revenue increased 27% YoY and decreased 4% sequentially.
- Base fees up 24% YoY; performance fees surged 353% YoY.
- Operating expenses as adjusted rose 24% YoY vs 27% revenue growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-153768
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLK
- cik: 0002012383
- company_name: BlackRock, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526153768/0001193125-26-153768-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526153768/blk-20260414.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-153768.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BlackRock, Inc. reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: the three months ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 14, 2026, BlackRock, Inc. (the “Company”) reported results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026. A copy of the earnings release issued by the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526153768/0001193125-26-153768-index.htm

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