BLK vs TROW vs PFG Stock Comparison

BlackRock, Price T Rowe and Principal Financial Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLK BlackRock, Inc.
$1,117.92 +5.3% 1M -0.6% 1Y
Market cap
$175.28B
P/E
26.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.30B
Div. yield
0.02%
Asset Management Financial Services
3 wins
TROW Price T Rowe Group Inc
$104.20 -0.4% 1M +1.7% 1Y
Market cap
$22.15B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.59B
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Price T Rowe leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Price T Rowe 4, Principal Financial 4, BlackRock 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLKTROWPFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $175.28B $22.15B $23.78B BLK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.1x 10.0x 15.3x TROW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.2x 9.9x 12.2x TROW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.5% +7.0% +3.7% BLK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.6% 29.3% 9.9% TROW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.9% — -33.3% BLK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.03% PFG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.6% +1.7% +36.7% PFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.1%/yr -12.8%/yr +9.4%/yr PFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.5% 24.0% 22.2% PFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 80/100 62/100 TROW

Percentile Scorecard

BLKTROWPFG

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

AxisBLKTROWPFG
Valuation 65 #65 of 183 89 #22 of 183 82 #33 of 183
Growth 63 #43 of 113 63 #42 of 113 56 #50 of 113
Profitability 69 #41 of 131 85 #21 of 131 39 #80 of 131
Financial Health 63 #63 of 168 – 65 #60 of 168
Shareholder Returns 24 #58 of 76 83 #14 of 76 67 #26 of 76
Overall 57 80 62
  • BLK ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • TROW ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • PFG ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLKTROWPFGSPY
1 month +5.3%-0.4%-4.7% -1.0%
3 months +5.9%-10.6%-0.8% +2.9%
6 months +7.0%+5.2%+9.3% +6.4%
Year to date +4.4%+1.8%+23.1% +11.4%
1 year -0.6%+1.7%+36.7% +13.1%
3 years +82.6%+8.6%+61.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +22.2%+2.8%+17.4% +21.5%
5 years +22.2%-49.6%+56.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.1%-12.8%+9.4% +10.9%
10 years +223.5%+58.0%+106.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +12.5%+4.7%+7.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBLKTROWPFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.5%24.0%22.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.4%26.1%21.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.200.800.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.020.071.65 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.3%-63.7%-31.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6%-14.4%-8.4% -2.5%
52-week high $1,183.85$121.68$118.51 $779.14
52-week low $922.90$86.19$79.44 $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.

MultipleBLKTROWPFG
P/E now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 33.6x 10.0xmedian 33.6x 15.0xmedian 33.6x
P/S now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 4.6x 2.9xmedian 4.6x 1.5xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.6xmedian 12.0x 6.9xmedian 12.0x —median 12.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 49.3xmedian 13.4x 13.3xmedian 13.4x 5.0xmedian 13.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 1.9x 2.0xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.91 0.68median 0.91 3.61median 0.91

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 monthsBLKTROWPFG
Revenue $27.30B $7.59B $15.69B
Gross profit – – $7.59B
Operating income $8.89B $2.34B -$6.25B
Net income $7.13B $2.34B $1.61B
Free cash flow $3.52B $1.67B $4.71B
EPS (diluted) $40.71 $10.37 $7.13
Cash & equivalents $10.49B $3.23B $5.26B
Total debt $12.74B – $4.34B
Shares (diluted) 164.65M 214.20M 218.70M
Enterprise value $121.41B $8.17B -$59.37M

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
MetricBLKTROWPFG
P/E 25.9x 10.0x 15.0x
P/FCF 49.3x 13.3x 5.0x
P/Operating cash flow 44.0x 11.5x 4.6x
P/S 6.3x 2.9x 1.5x
P/B 3.0x 2.0x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 5.7x 2.0x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 16.6x 6.9x –
EV/EBIT 19.4x 8.1x -3.4x
EV/Revenue 6.3x 2.5x 1.4x
EV/FCF 49.0x 11.3x 4.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 43.7x 9.8x 4.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.68 3.61

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLKTROWPFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.5% 7.0% 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% 3.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 3.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.4% 3.5% 5.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 8.2% -4.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.2% 10.5% 35.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 14.2% 1.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.6% 12.1% 41.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 14.7% 4.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.0% 26.0% 14.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.9% 6.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -9.5% 42.9% 13.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.0% 7.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLKTROWPFG
Gross margin – – 48.3%
EBITDA margin 38.0% 36.2% –
Operating margin 32.6% 30.8% -39.8%
Pretax margin 33.6% 40.0% 11.9%
Net margin 24.6% 29.3% 9.9%
FCF margin 12.9% 22.0% 30.0%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% 25.5% 31.9%
Return on equity 12.4% 21.1% 13.4%
Return on assets 4.1% 15.6% 0.5%
Return on invested capital 9.9% – -33.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.5x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x 0.8x 3.1x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 2.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLKTROWPFG
Debt / assets 7.2% – 1.2%
Debt / equity 0.2x – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x – –
Debt / FCF 3.6x – 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 67.1% 27.3% 96.5%
Equity / assets 32.9% 72.7% 3.5%
Interest coverage 16.4x – –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLKTROWPFG
Dividend yield 2.0% 5.0% 3.0%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 3.7% 3.9%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 8.7% 6.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 50.6% – 43.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 102.6% – 14.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 3.7%

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.

ConsensusBLKTROWPFG
Forward P/E 18.2xFY2026 9.9xFY2026 12.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $61.34FY2026 $10.50FY2026 $8.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +27.6%FY2026 +8.0%FY2026 +7.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.7% -7.5% +7.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $28.39BFY2026 $7.93BFY2026 $16.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.2%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026 +3.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.2% +2.2% -0.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLKTROWPFG
Held by institutions 77.6% 88.8% 78.8%
Institutions holding 2,311 1,156 949
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +2.1% +1.3%
Institutions buying 1,087 598 502
Institutions selling 886 397 267
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.51 1.88

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.

BLKTROWPFG
BLK 1.00 0.52 0.47
TROW 0.52 1.00 0.45
PFG 0.47 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLK, TROW and PFG?

BlackRock (BLK) is the largest by market capitalisation: BlackRock (BLK) $175.28B, Price T Rowe (TROW) $22.15B, Principal Financial (PFG) $23.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLK, TROW and PFG?

Price T Rowe (TROW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (BlackRock (BLK) 26.1x, Price T Rowe (TROW) 10.0x, Principal Financial (PFG) 15.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Price T Rowe (TROW) is cheapest (BlackRock (BLK) 18.2x, Price T Rowe (TROW) 9.9x, Principal Financial (PFG) 12.2x). 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%, Price T Rowe (TROW) +7.0%, Principal Financial (PFG) +3.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Price T Rowe (TROW) has the highest net margin (BlackRock (BLK) 24.6%, Price T Rowe (TROW) 29.3%, Principal Financial (PFG) 9.9%). On return on invested capital, BlackRock (BLK) leads (BlackRock (BLK) 9.9%, Principal Financial (PFG) -33.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Principal Financial (PFG) returned the most: BlackRock (BLK) -0.6%, Price T Rowe (TROW) +1.7%, Principal Financial (PFG) +36.7%. Over five years, Principal Financial (PFG) compounded fastest (BlackRock (BLK) +4.1%/yr, Price T Rowe (TROW) -12.8%/yr, Principal Financial (PFG) +9.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Principal Financial (PFG) has the highest dividend yield: BlackRock (BLK) 0.02%, Price T Rowe (TROW) 0.00%, Principal Financial (PFG) 0.03%. Price T Rowe (TROW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Principal Financial (PFG) has been the steadiest (BlackRock (BLK) 27.5%, Price T Rowe (TROW) 24.0%, Principal Financial (PFG) 22.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Price T Rowe (TROW) leads on 4. 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.