---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-420979"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLK"
cik: "0002012383"
company_name: "BlackRock, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-14T10:39:21+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-14T10:40:10.449527+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackRock Q3 2026: AUM $15.5T, base fees $6.0B, revenue +19% YoY, expenses +14% YoY

## Summary
- AUM $15.5T at Sept 30, 2026; Q3 base fees and securities lending revenue $6.0B.
- Total revenue +19% YoY and +9% sequential; base fees +19% YoY, performance fees +22% YoY.
- Adjusted expenses +14% YoY, +6% sequential; employee comp & benefits +12% YoY, +10% sequential.
- Private markets: Q3 fundraising $30B (LTM $88B), deployment $14B (LTM $68B); dry powder $96B/$139B.
- Alternatives: total AUM $32B, fee-paying AUM $25B, available capital $7B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-420979
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLK
- cik: 0002012383
- company_name: BlackRock, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-14T10:39:21+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526420979/0001193125-26-420979-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526420979/blk-20261014.htm

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