BLK vs MSTR vs TROW Stock Comparison

BlackRock, Strategy and Price T Rowe Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
5 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
TROW Price T Rowe Group Inc
$106.23 +1.5% 1M +4.4% 1Y
Market cap
$23.97B
P/E
11.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.70B
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

BlackRock leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (BlackRock 5, Price T Rowe 5, Strategy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKMSTRTROWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $189.76B $56.92B $23.97B BLK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.3x -3.8x 11.0x TROW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.8x — 10.1x TROW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.5% +4.2% +6.9% BLK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.6% -3,008.3% 28.4% TROW
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% +4.4% BLK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.0%/yr +11.1%/yr -13.5%/yr MSTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 81.0% 24.2% TROW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 25/100 80/100 TROW

Percentile Scorecard

BLKMSTRTROW

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

AxisBLKMSTRTROW
Valuation 67 #67 of 200 14 #86 of 100 91 #20 of 200
Growth 59 #48 of 116 10 #89 of 99 60 #47 of 116
Profitability 70 #44 of 143 11 #86 of 96 85 #22 of 143
Financial Health 64 #60 of 166 87 #15 of 112 –
Shareholder Returns 29 #57 of 80 3 #65 of 67 82 #15 of 80
Overall 58 25 80
  • BLK ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • MSTR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • TROW ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLKMSTRTROWSPY
1 month +9.6%-15.2%+1.5% -2.0%
3 months +2.7%+38.9%-8.3% -2.2%
6 months +10.7%-27.4%+2.0% +4.2%
Year to date +8.5%-10.7%+3.8% +10.6%
1 year +8.6%-48.8%+4.4% +10.4%
3 years +76.5%+198.7%+11.0% +73.6%
3 years, per year +20.9%+44.1%+3.6% +20.2%
5 years +21.7%+69.5%-51.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year +4.0%+11.1%-13.5% +10.1%
10 years +240.4%+617.6%+66.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year +13.0%+21.8%+5.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLKMSTRTROWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%81.0%24.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%74.9%26.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.223.140.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.31-0.600.18 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.3%-84.1%-63.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.9%-48.8%-12.7% -3.2%
52-week high $1,183.85$264.67$121.68 $779.14
52-week low $922.90$82.31$86.19 $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.

MultipleBLKMSTRTROW
P/E now vs peer median 26.9xmedian 33.9x -3.6xmedian 27.1x 10.4xmedian 33.9x
P/S now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 4.7x 110.2xmedian 2.8x 2.9xmedian 4.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 12.0x -2.9xmedian 16.6x 6.6xmedian 12.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 51.2xmedian 14.4x -4,904xmedian 15.7x 14.2xmedian 14.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 2.8x 2.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.88 0.01median 0.87 0.83median 0.88

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 monthsBLKMSTRTROW
Revenue $27.30B $495.08M $7.70B
Gross profit – $335.84M –
Operating income $8.89B -$19.34B $2.46B
Net income $7.13B -$13.67B $2.27B
Free cash flow $3.52B -$11.13M $1.60B
R&D – $94.59M –
EPS (diluted) $40.71 $-34.79 $10.24
Cash & equivalents $10.49B $2.50B $3.77B
Total debt $12.74B $6.72B –
Shares (diluted) 164.65M 428.05M 213.60M
Enterprise value $135.89B $44.06B $9.85B

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
MetricBLKMSTRTROW
P/E 26.9x -3.6x 10.4x
P/FCF 51.2x -4,904x 14.2x
P/Operating cash flow 45.7x -7,412x 12.1x
P/S 6.6x 110.2x 2.9x
P/B 3.1x 1.0x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 5.9x -3.5x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x -2.9x 6.6x
EV/EBIT 20.1x -2.9x 7.7x
EV/Revenue 6.6x 111.9x 2.5x
EV/FCF 50.9x -4,977x 11.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 45.4x -7,522x 10.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.01 0.83

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRTROW
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.5% 4.2% 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -0.6% 6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 0.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.4% -276.0% 7.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -317.4% 10.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.2% -272.6% 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -435.2% 11.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.6% -242.2% 8.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -284.4% 12.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.0% 88.3% 25.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.3% 14.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -9.5% 84.3% 36.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.0% 18.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRTROW
Gross margin – 67.8% –
EBITDA margin 38.0% -3,893% 37.4%
Operating margin 32.6% -3,906% 32.0%
Pretax margin 33.6% -3,879% 38.2%
Net margin 24.6% -3,008% 28.4%
FCF margin 12.9% -2.2% 20.7%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% -1.5% 24.2%
Return on equity 12.4% -31.7% 19.7%
Return on assets 4.1% -21.1% 14.2%
Return on invested capital 9.9% -27.6% –
Return on capital employed – -30.5% –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.0x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x 0.0x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 10.3% 2.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRTROW
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% 28.4%
Equity / assets 32.9% 71.9% 71.6%
Interest coverage 16.4x – –
Current ratio – 4.0x –
Quick ratio – 4.0x –
Cash ratio – 3.9x –
Altman Z-score – 0.83 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKMSTRTROW
Dividend yield 1.9% – 4.9%
Net buyback yield -0.1% -49.1% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 1.8% -49.1% 7.9%
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.

ConsensusBLKMSTRTROW
Forward P/E 18.8xFY2026 – 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $61.68FY2026 $-18.79FY2026 $10.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +28.3%FY2026 – +7.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.8% – -7.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $28.40BFY2026 $465.93MFY2026 $7.92BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.3%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.3% +14.2% +2.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKMSTRTROW
Held by institutions 77.6% 59.5% 88.8%
Institutions holding 2,315 854 1,158
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +9.6% +2.1%
Institutions buying 1,090 474 600
Institutions selling 887 266 397
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.78 1.51

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.

BLKMSTRTROW
BLK 1.00 0.32 0.53
MSTR 0.32 1.00 0.40
TROW 0.53 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLK, MSTR and TROW?

BlackRock (BLK) is the largest by market capitalisation: BlackRock (BLK) $189.76B, Strategy (MSTR) $56.92B, Price T Rowe (TROW) $23.97B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLK, MSTR and TROW?

Price T Rowe (TROW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (BlackRock (BLK) 28.3x, Strategy (MSTR) -3.8x, Price T Rowe (TROW) 11.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Price T Rowe (TROW) is cheapest (BlackRock (BLK) 18.8x, Price T Rowe (TROW) 10.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

BlackRock (BLK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: BlackRock (BLK) +26.5%, Strategy (MSTR) +4.2%, Price T Rowe (TROW) +6.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Price T Rowe (TROW) has the highest net margin (BlackRock (BLK) 24.6%, Strategy (MSTR) -3,008.3%, Price T Rowe (TROW) 28.4%). 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%, Price T Rowe (TROW) +4.4%. Over five years, Strategy (MSTR) compounded fastest (BlackRock (BLK) +4.0%/yr, Strategy (MSTR) +11.1%/yr, Price T Rowe (TROW) -13.5%/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%, Price T Rowe (TROW) 0.00%. Strategy (MSTR) and Price T Rowe (TROW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Price T Rowe (TROW) has been the steadiest (BlackRock (BLK) 27.6%, Strategy (MSTR) 81.0%, Price T Rowe (TROW) 24.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 5. 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.