Update shared on17 Sep 2025
With both the Discount Rate and Future P/E holding essentially steady, there has been no meaningful change in BlackRock's consensus analyst price target, which remains at $1167.
What's in the News
- BlackRock plans to invest up to $678M in the UK data center market, launching a new venture, Digital Gravity Partners, with Gravity Edge to acquire and optimize underutilized data centers (Bloomberg, 2025-09-14).
- Rick Rieder, BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer, has emerged as a leading contender for Federal Reserve Chair, impressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during interviews (Bloomberg, 2025-09-12; CNBC, 2025-08-13).
- BlackRock is tightening security for employees traveling to China, banning the use of company devices and requiring the use of temporary loaner phones on business trips (Bloomberg, 2025-07-22).
- BlackRock is set to lead a group investing nearly $10B in Saudi Aramco’s Jafurah gas project infrastructure, assisting Gulf states in funding economic diversification (Reuters, 2025-07-17).
- The firm is accelerating its push into private markets, planning to offer 401(k) target-date funds with a 5%-20% allocation to private investments, aligning with a forthcoming U.S. executive order to open 401(k) plans to private market assets (WSJ, 2025-06-26; WSJ, 2025-07-15).
Valuation Changes
Summary of Valuation Changes for BlackRock
- The Consensus Analyst Price Target remained effectively unchanged, at $1167.
- The Discount Rate for BlackRock remained effectively unchanged, moving only marginally from 8.25% to 8.28%.
- The Future P/E for BlackRock remained effectively unchanged, moving only marginally from 25.66x to 25.67x.
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