How much does $10,000 in BLK pay in dividends?

At BLK's current yield of 2.06%, $10,000 pays about $206.20 a year — roughly $51.55 per payment, paid quarterly, or $17.18 a month averaged out.

What would BLK be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?

Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in BLK would grow to about $12,284 after 10 years, against $12,062 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.

How often does BLK pay dividends?

BLK pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.

Is BLK's dividend guaranteed?

No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check BLK's full payment history before relying on any of it.

Has BLK increased its dividend every year?

BLK has raised its dividend in each of the last 16 years on our records, which are derived from split-adjusted payment history and are approximate. The projections above deliberately ignore that growth and hold the payment flat, so a continuation of the record would put the real outcome above the figures shown.

BLK Dividend Calculator

BlackRock, Inc. yields 2.06%, below the 2.92% median across US dividend payers. The income from BLK is a smaller part of the story than it would be on a high-yield holding, and the figures below deliberately capture only that part.

BLK paid $22.40 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.

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BlackRock, Inc.

2.06%

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$1,086.31 per shareQuarterlyStock

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Amount invested

Holding period10 years

11530

Dividend income

$10,000 in BLK pays you

$206.20

per year

Paid each quarter: $51.55
Monthly average: $17.18
Shares bought: 9.21
Payments a year: 4

Total over 10 years, taken as cash

$2,062.03

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Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.

BLK dividend income by investment amount

Based on the current yield of 2.06%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.

Dividend income from BLK at a range of investment amounts.
Invested	Per year	Per payment	Monthly average
$1,000	$20.62	$5.16	$1.72
$5,000	$103.10	$25.78	$8.59
$10,000	$206.20	$51.55	$17.18
$25,000	$515.51	$128.88	$42.96
$50,000	$1,031.01	$257.75	$85.92
$100,000	$2,062.03	$515.51	$171.84

BLK with dividends reinvested

$10,000 in BLK, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.

After 10 years: $12,284
After 20 years: $15,088
After 30 years: $18,534

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What makes up BLK's 2.06% yield

BLK paid $22.40 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $1086.31, which is where the 2.06% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.

A below-median yield is not the same as a weak dividend. It commonly means earnings are being retained and reinvested, or that the share price has risen faster than the payment — in the second case the holder's income did not fall, the yield did. Income is one component of the return on BLK and the smaller one; the figures below are not a total-return estimate.

Bank and insurer dividends are constrained by capital requirements as well as by earnings — a regulator can restrict distributions in a stress scenario regardless of what the business earned. Payments here have historically moved sharply in both directions around credit cycles.

When BLK pays, and what that changes

BLK pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.

Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. BLK's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.

Is BLK's dividend covered by earnings?

BLK's payout ratio of 0.70 means about 70% of earnings are committed to the dividend. That is within earnings but a narrower margin than the sub-0.60 range generally considered comfortable, so a weaker year absorbs more of the cover.

Demand in this kind of business holds up across a cycle, so the earnings behind the ratio move less than the market's average and the figure is reasonably representative rather than a snapshot of a good year.

These projections hold the dividend flat, which understates BLK if its recent record continues — the payment has increased in each of the last 16 years. Growth is left out rather than estimated because choosing a growth rate, not the arithmetic, is what determines a decade-long projection.

BLK dividend calculator FAQ

How much does $10,000 in BLK pay in dividends?: At BLK's current yield of 2.06%, $10,000 pays about $206.20 a year — roughly $51.55 per payment, paid quarterly, or $17.18 a month averaged out.
What would BLK be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?: Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in BLK would grow to about $12,284 after 10 years, against $12,062 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
How often does BLK pay dividends?: BLK pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
Is BLK's dividend guaranteed?: No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check BLK's full payment history before relying on any of it.
Has BLK increased its dividend every year?: BLK has raised its dividend in each of the last 16 years on our records, which are derived from split-adjusted payment history and are approximate. The projections above deliberately ignore that growth and hold the payment flat, so a continuation of the record would put the real outcome above the figures shown.

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BlackRock, Inc. is a common stock trading at $1,086.31 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.