Benzinga | Apr 15, 2021 06:35AM EDT

BlackRock Q1 EPS $7.77 Beats $7.64 Estimate, Sales $4.40B Beat $4.30B Estimate

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) reported quarterly earnings of $7.77 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $7.64 by 1.7 percent. This is a 17.73 percent increase over earnings of $6.60 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $4.40 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.30 billion by 2.28 percent. This is a 18.54 percent increase over sales of $3.71 billion the same period last year.