Company name | BlackRock, Inc. |
Stock ticker | BLK |
Live stock price | [stckqut]BLK[/stckqut] |
P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity | Good |
Sales growth | Poor |
EPS growth | Poor |
P/E growth | Poor |
EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating | Fair |
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $300.71 |
Target stock price (averages with growth) | $284.15 |
Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $164.3 |
Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $309.88 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=blk
BlackRock, Inc. is an investment management company. The Company provides a range of investment and risk management services to institutional and retail clients across the world. Its offerings include single and multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives and money market instruments. Its products are offered directly and through intermediaries in a range of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs), separate accounts, collective investment funds and other pooled investment vehicles. The Company offers its BlackRock Solutions (BRS) investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin; risk analytics, and advisory services and solutions to institutional investors. BRS also offers risk reporting capabilities via the Green Package and risk management advisory services; interactive fixed income analytics through its Web-based calculator, AnSer; outsourcing services, and investment accounting.
Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in BlackRock, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I will be removing BlackRock from my Watch List as it’s performance no longer fits my goals.
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How was this analysis of BlackRock, Inc. calculated?
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:
- Stock price at the time of the calculation: $341.88
- Growth: 0.08
- Current EPS (TTM): $18.87
- P/E: 18
- Future EPS Calc: $27.72
- Future Stock Price Calc: $499.07
- Target stock price: $309.88
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