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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricBLKBlackRock, Inc.BXBlackstone Inc.BNYBank of New York Mellon CorpKKRKKR & Co. Inc.Median of the restexcluding BLK
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$1137.29▼ 12.31 (1.07%)
$118.75▲ 9.18 (8.38%)
$144.25▲ 1.81 (1.27%)
$93.09▲ 3.22 (3.58%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/107.3/107.3/106.0/107.3/10
Market value$176.36B$88.91B$99.28B$82.99B
Revenue$24.22B$14.45B$20.08B$19.46B
Profit$5.55B$3.02B$5.55B$2.37B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.18.7%9.2%7.8%-11.0%7.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.29.1%————
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.22.9%20.9%27.6%12.2%20.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.14.7%31.5%25.8%—28.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.9.9%34.8%12.5%7.7%12.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.9.0%————
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.31.76x29.45x17.89x35.01x29.45x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.21.74x————
Price to book3.16x10.26x2.24x2.69x2.69x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.94x2.98x9.65x10.63x9.65x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/75/76/73/65.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How BLK compares with the others

  • BLK's profit margin of 22.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (20.9%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 18.7% against 7.8%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (31.8x against 29.4x).
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.9x against 9.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.