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Capital Stock
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Capital Stock

23. Capital Stock

Cash Dividends for Common Shares / RSUs. During 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company paid cash dividends of $20.84 per share (or $3.3 billion), $20.40 per share (or $3.1 billion) and $20.00 per share (or $3.0 billion), respectively.

The HPS Transaction. On July 1, 2025, as part of the closing of the HPS Transaction, the Company issued approximately 8.5 million Subco Units to former equity holders of HPS. See Note 1, Business Overview, Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, and Note 3, Acquisitions, for additional information. As of December 31, 2025, there were approximately 7.7 million Subco Units outstanding.

Share Repurchases. During 2025, under the Company’s existing share repurchase program, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 1.6 million shares and share equivalents for approximately $1.6 billion. At December 31, 2025, there were approximately 2.2 million shares still authorized to be repurchased under the program. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including legal limitations, price and market conditions.

In January 2026, the Company announced that the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional seven million shares under
the Company's existing share repurchase program for a total of up to approximately
9.2 million shares of BlackRock common stock.

The Company’s common shares issued and outstanding and related activity consist of the following:

 

 

Shares Issued

 

 

Shares Outstanding

 

 

 

Common
Shares

 

 

 

Treasury
Common
Shares

 

 

Subco Units

 

 

Common
Shares

 

 

Subco Units

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

172,075,373

 

 

 

 

(22,318,881

)

 

 

 

 

 

149,756,492

 

 

 

 

Shares repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,176,538

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,176,538

)

 

 

 

Net issuance of common shares
   related to employee stock
   transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

920,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

920,120

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

172,075,373

 

 

 

 

(23,575,299

)

 

 

 

 

 

148,500,074

 

 

 

 

Shares repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,909,964

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,909,964

)

 

 

 

Net issuance of common shares
   related to employee stock
   transactions

 

 

456,182

 

 

 

 

993,105

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,449,287

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common shares in
   connection with the GIP
   Transaction

 

 

6,908,416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,908,416

 

 

 

 

Cancellation of treasury stock,
   common in connection with
   the GIP Transaction

 

 

(24,121,801

)

 

 

 

24,121,801

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

155,318,170

 

 

 

 

(370,357

)

 

 

 

 

 

154,947,813

 

 

 

 

Issuance of Subco Units/common
   shares in connection with
   acquisitions

 

 

244,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,448,427

 

 

 

244,240

 

 

 

8,448,427

 

Shares/Subco Units repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

(872,569

)

 

 

(705,118

)

 

 

(872,569

)

 

 

(705,118

)

Net issuance of common shares
   related to employee stock
   transactions

 

 

713,879

 

 

 

 

35,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

749,687

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

156,276,289

 

 

 

 

(1,207,118

)

 

 

7,743,309

 

 

 

155,069,171

 

 

 

7,743,309