BLK vs MSTR vs SMWB Stock Comparison

BlackRock, Strategy and Similarweb Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BLK BlackRock, Inc.
$1,161.10 +9.6% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$189.76B
P/E
28.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.30B
Div. yield
0.02%
Asset Management Financial Services
9 wins
MSTR Strategy Inc
$135.63 -15.2% 1M -48.8% 1Y
Market cap
$56.92B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$495.08M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
1 win
SMWB Similarweb Ltd.
$8.73 +9.7% 1M -0.3% 1Y
Market cap
$747.24M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$295.61M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

BlackRock leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (BlackRock 9, Strategy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKMSTRSMWBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $189.76B $56.92B $747.24M BLK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.3x -3.8x -34.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.8x — 39.7x BLK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.5% +4.2% +10.2% BLK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.6% -3,008.3% -7.4% BLK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.9% -27.6% — BLK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.0x — BLK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.6% -48.8% -0.3% BLK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.0%/yr +11.1%/yr -15.0%/yr MSTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 81.0% 80.8% BLK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 25/100 36/100 BLK

Percentile Scorecard

BLKMSTRSMWB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLKMSTRSMWB
Valuation 67 #67 of 200 14 #86 of 100 28 #72 of 100
Growth 59 #48 of 116 10 #89 of 99 62 #38 of 99
Profitability 70 #44 of 143 11 #86 of 96 42 #56 of 96
Financial Health 64 #60 of 166 87 #15 of 112 24 #85 of 112
Shareholder Returns 29 #57 of 80 3 #65 of 67 21 #53 of 67
Overall 58 25 36
  • BLK ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • MSTR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • SMWB ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLKMSTRSMWBSPY
1 month +9.6%-15.2%+9.7% -2.0%
3 months +2.7%+38.9%+17.8% -2.2%
6 months +10.7%-27.4%+173.7% +4.2%
Year to date +8.5%-10.7%+16.6% +10.6%
1 year +8.6%-48.8%-0.3% +10.4%
3 years +76.5%+198.7%+71.5% +73.6%
3 years, per year +20.9%+44.1%+19.7% +20.2%
5 years +21.7%+69.5%-55.5% +61.6%
5 years, per year +4.0%+11.1%-15.0% +10.1%
10 years +240.4%+617.6%— +261.3%
10 years, per year +13.0%+21.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLKMSTRSMWBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%81.0%80.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%74.9%88.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.223.141.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.31-0.600.00 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.3%-84.1%-88.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.9%-48.8%-5.8% -3.2%
52-week high $1,183.85$264.67$9.27 $779.14
52-week low $922.90$82.31$2.33 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLKMSTRSMWB
P/E now vs peer median 26.9xmedian 33.9x -3.6xmedian 27.1x -34.0xmedian 27.1x
P/S now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 4.7x 110.2xmedian 2.8x 2.6xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 12.0x -2.9xmedian 16.6x -298.1xmedian 16.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 51.2xmedian 14.4x -4,904xmedian 15.7x 49.2xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 2.8x 33.3xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.88 0.01median 0.87 -1.13median 0.87

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLKMSTRSMWB
Revenue $27.30B $495.08M $295.61M
Gross profit – $335.84M $235.99M
Operating income $8.89B -$19.34B -$11.06M
Net income $7.13B -$13.67B -$21.78M
Free cash flow $3.52B -$11.13M $15.44M
R&D – $94.59M $73.83M
EPS (diluted) $40.71 $-34.79 $-0.26
Cash & equivalents $10.49B $2.50B $73.90M
Total debt $12.74B $6.72B –
Shares (diluted) 164.65M 428.05M 84.82M
Enterprise value $135.89B $44.06B $470.19M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRSMWB
P/E 26.9x -3.6x -34.0x
P/FCF 51.2x -4,904x 49.2x
P/Operating cash flow 45.7x -7,412x 53.6x
P/S 6.6x 110.2x 2.6x
P/B 3.1x 1.0x 33.3x
P/Tangible book 5.9x -3.5x 33.3x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x -2.9x -298.1x
EV/EBIT 20.1x -2.9x -61.9x
EV/Revenue 6.6x 111.9x 2.3x
EV/FCF 50.9x -4,977x 44.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 45.4x -7,522x 48.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.01 -1.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRSMWB
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.5% 4.2% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -0.6% 12.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 0.8% 12.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.3% 14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.4% -276.0% 50.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -317.4% 42.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.2% -272.6% 25.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -435.2% 27.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.6% -242.2% 28.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -284.4% 30.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.0% 88.3% -30.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.3% 33.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -9.5% 84.3% -29.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.0% 32.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRSMWB
Gross margin – 67.8% 79.8%
EBITDA margin 38.0% -3,893% -0.8%
Operating margin 32.6% -3,906% -3.7%
Pretax margin 33.6% -3,879% -5.9%
Net margin 24.6% -3,008% -7.4%
FCF margin 12.9% -2.2% 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% -1.5% 4.8%
Return on equity 12.4% -31.7% -108.3%
Return on assets 4.1% -21.1% -8.8%
Return on invested capital 9.9% -27.6% –
Return on capital employed – -30.5% -19.5%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x 0.0x -0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 10.3% 6.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRSMWB
Debt / assets 7.2% 8.7% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.0x –
Debt / FCF 3.6x -603.5x –
Liabilities / assets 67.1% 28.1% 91.9%
Equity / assets 32.9% 71.9% 8.1%
Interest coverage 16.4x – –
Current ratio – 4.0x 0.8x
Quick ratio – 4.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio – 3.9x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 0.83 0.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRSMWB
Dividend yield 1.9% – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% -49.1% -0.3%
Shareholder yield 1.8% -49.1% -0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 50.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 102.6% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLKMSTRSMWB
Forward P/E 18.8xFY2026 – 39.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $61.68FY2026 $-18.79FY2026 $0.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +28.3%FY2026 – +266.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.8% – +36.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $28.40BFY2026 $465.93MFY2026 $332.14MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.3%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.3% +14.2% +0.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKMSTRSMWB
Held by institutions 77.6% 59.5% 45.9%
Institutions holding 2,315 854 68
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +9.6% -7.8%
Institutions buying 1,090 474 36
Institutions selling 887 266 18
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.78 2.00

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLKMSTRSMWB
BLK 1.00 0.32 0.19
MSTR 0.32 1.00 0.22
SMWB 0.19 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLK, MSTR and SMWB?

BlackRock (BLK) is the largest by market capitalisation: BlackRock (BLK) $189.76B, Strategy (MSTR) $56.92B, Similarweb (SMWB) $747.24M.

Which company is growing faster?

BlackRock (BLK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: BlackRock (BLK) +26.5%, Strategy (MSTR) +4.2%, Similarweb (SMWB) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

BlackRock (BLK) has the highest net margin (BlackRock (BLK) 24.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -3,008.3%, Similarweb (SMWB) -7.4%). On return on invested capital, BlackRock (BLK) leads (BlackRock (BLK) 9.9%, Strategy (MSTR) -27.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year BlackRock (BLK) returned the most: BlackRock (BLK) +8.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -48.8%, Similarweb (SMWB) -0.3%. Over five years, Strategy (MSTR) compounded fastest (BlackRock (BLK) +4.0%/yr, Strategy (MSTR) +11.1%/yr, Similarweb (SMWB) -15.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: BlackRock (BLK) 0.02%, Strategy (MSTR) 0.00%, Similarweb (SMWB) 0.00%. Strategy (MSTR) and Similarweb (SMWB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BlackRock (BLK) has been the steadiest (BlackRock (BLK) 27.6%, Strategy (MSTR) 81.0%, Similarweb (SMWB) 80.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLK, MSTR and SMWB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, BlackRock (BLK) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.