BlackRock reported earnings this week, sharing a major milestone. The financial giant shared in its call that it had reached and surpassed $14 trillion in assets for the first time. BlackRock’s earnings per share outperformed analyst expectations after removing one-time acquisition costs. Its net inflows, too, beat analyst estimates – with ETF flows playing a notable role therein.
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The company, which shared the results on Thursday, operates iShares ETFs, a top-tier ETF brand. The suite includes numerous massive ETFs when ranked by AUM. Six of the funds have more than $100 billion in AUM, with (IVV ), the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, the second-largest ETF by AUM, just behind the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO ). IVV saw the largest inflows over the last 12 months, with $71.5 billion flowing into the strategy, according to ETF Database data.
BlackRock Earnings See ETFs Step Up
The massive company’s ETFs also stood out in Q4, helping lift the firm’s numbers in its successful earnings report. While the firm’s top ETFs continued to lead the way in flows by virtue of their sheer size, other strategies saw major spikes in inflows. Per FactSet data, a few funds in categories like fixed income, foreign equities, and value stocks saw Q4 flows contribute significantly to their YTD totals.
(GOVT ), the iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF, added $4.8 billion in net inflows for the quarter. That lifted the strategy out of outflows for the year into positive inflows. Other funds saw strong Q4 performances lift them significantly on the year. The iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD ) pulled in $3.5 billion in Q4, helping limit the fund’s losses to just $1.3 billion for the year.
Adding to that late surge in value ETFs, the iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (IVE ) saw the fifth-largest inflows among iShares ETFs in Q4 at $4.9 billion. That accounts for more than half of the fund’s year-end total of $8.7 billion. Together, iShares ETFs contributed significantly to BlackRock earnings and could be poised to play a big role in 2026, too, with that Q4 momentum.
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