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BLK (BlackRock) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.40 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is BlackRock Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

BlackRock's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0 Mil. BlackRock's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $14,179 Mil. BlackRock's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $10,116 Mil. BlackRock's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.40.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BLK' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.79   Med: 1.03   Max: 1.69
Current: 1.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BlackRock was 1.69. The lowest was 0.79. And the median was 1.03.

BLK's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
52.27% of 352 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.41 vs BLK: 1.57

BlackRock Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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BlackRock Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

BlackRock Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.79 1.13 1.06 1.23 1.23

BlackRock Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.21 1.14 1.37 1.30 1.40

Competitive Comparison of BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Asset Management subindustry, BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



BlackRock Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

BlackRock's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 9702) / 7874
=1.23

BlackRock's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 14179) / 10116
=1.40

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


BlackRock  (NYSE:BLK) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


BlackRock Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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BlackRock Business Description

Address
50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, USA, 10001
BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world, with $11.475 trillion in assets under management at the end of September 2024. Its product mix is fairly diverse, with 55% of managed assets in equity strategies, 26% in fixed income, 9% in multi-asset classes, 7% in money market funds, and 3% in alternatives. Passive strategies account for around two thirds of long-term AUM, with the company's ETF platform maintaining a leading market share domestically and on a global basis. Product distribution is weighted more toward institutional clients, which by our calculations account for around 80% of AUM. BlackRock is geographically diverse, with clients in more than 100 countries and more than one third of managed assets coming from investors domiciled outside the US and Canada.
Executives
Mark Wiedman officer: Senior Managing Director 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
J. Richard Kushel officer: Senior Managing Director BLACKROCK, INC., 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Laurence Fink director, officer: Chairman and CEO BLACKROCK, INC., 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Pamela Daley director C/O PATHEON N.V., HERENGRACHT 483, AMSTERDAM P7 1017 BT
Rachel Lord officer: Senior Managing Director 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Stephen Cohen officer: Senior Managing Director 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Christopher J. Meade officer: General Counsel and CLO BLACKROCK, INC., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Marc D. Comerchero officer: Principal Accounting Officer BLACKROCK, INC., 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Martin Small officer: CFO & Senior Managing Director 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Amin H. Nasser director 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Caroline Heller officer: Senior Managing Director 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Manish Mehta officer: Senior Managing Director 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Mark Mccombe officer: Senior Managing Director BLACKROCK, INC., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Robert Kapito director, officer: President 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY, WILMINGTON DE 19809
William E Ford director 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055