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BlackRock's second-quarter profit falls 6.5%

Blackrock ended the quarter with $6.84 trillion in assets under management
Blackrock ended the quarter with $6.84 trillion in assets under management

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, today missed analysts' estimates for its quarterly profit, as investment advisory and securities lending revenue fell and costs rose. 

Its institutional funds added $87.36 billion in the second quarter, up from $29.12 billion in the first quarter. 

Investors poured more money into BlackRock's actively managed funds aimed at beating the market over the low-fee passive-investment products. 

BlackRock said its iShares-branded ETFs took in $36.10 billion of new money, up from $30.69 billion in the preceding quarter. 

Total revenue fell 2.2% to $3.52 billion from a year earlier. 

The New York-based company's net income fell to $1 billion, or $6.41 per share, in the quarter ended June 30 from $1.07 billion, or $6.62 per share, a year earlier. 

Analysts had expected a profit of $6.50 per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. 

BlackRock's total expenses rose nearly 4% to $2.25 billion. 

The company ended the quarter with $6.84 trillion in assets under management, up from $6.30 trillion a year earlier.