BlackRock (BLK)
S&P 500 · Top 100 by market cap · Financials · data since 1999-10-01 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.78%
7d
-1.54%
30d
+7.44%
YTD
-0.82%
1y
-4.17%
BlackRock (BLK) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | -5.0 | -9.0 | 10.8 | -1.8 | -8.2 | 9.8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 4.9 | -9.1 | -2.7 | -3.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | -7.1 | -3.3 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | -4.6 | 4.8 | 3.4 | -9.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | -9.2 | -2.2 | 0.3 | -2.0 | 5.9 | 6.9 | -5.2 | -7.0 | -5.3 | 22.7 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | -10.1 | -9.6 | 3.4 | -18.3 | 7.1 | -8.3 | 9.9 | -0.4 | -16.8 | 17.4 | 10.8 | -0.3 |
| 2021 | -2.8 | -1.0 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 0.2 | -0.9 | 8.8 | -10.7 | 12.5 | -4.1 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 4.9 | -12.2 | -4.3 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 3.3 | -4.6 | 6.3 | 16.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 6.8 | -2.8 | 13.5 | -14.4 | 13.8 | -0.3 | -9.7 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 9.4 | -2.2 | -0.9 | -3.7 | 2.4 | -6.1 | 0.8 | -4.7 | -1.0 | -12.7 | 4.0 | -7.5 |
| 2017 | -1.7 | 3.6 | -0.4 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 1.0 | -1.2 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | -7.7 | -0.7 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 2.1 | -5.3 | 6.9 | 2.4 | -2.8 | -5.8 | 8.7 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | -4.8 | 9.1 | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -4.8 | -2.8 | -9.4 | -1.6 | 18.3 | 3.3 | -5.8 |
| 2014 | -5.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | -4.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 | -4.7 | 9.1 | -0.7 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | 14.3 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 4.8 | -7.4 | 9.8 | -7.1 | 4.0 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 3.8 | -6.5 | -10.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 2011 | 3.9 | 3.0 | -0.8 | -2.5 | 4.9 | -6.0 | -7.0 | -6.9 | -10.2 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | -7.9 | 2.3 | -0.0 | -15.5 | -8.8 | -14.1 | 9.8 | -9.2 | 19.9 | 0.4 | -4.7 | 17.6 |
| 2009 | -18.9 | -11.0 | 35.4 | 12.7 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 8.6 | -0.1 | 5.3 | 2.3 |
| 2008 | 1.7 | -12.3 | 6.1 | -1.2 | 11.5 | -21.0 | 22.4 | 0.6 | -10.5 | -32.5 | -4.3 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 10.4 | -5.1 | -1.4 | -4.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | -2.3 | 11.8 | 19.3 | -3.8 | 9.3 |
| 2006 | 22.4 | 7.0 | -1.2 | 8.2 | -11.6 | 4.2 | -7.2 | 1.1 | 14.5 | 1.2 | -4.7 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | 3.9 | -3.4 | -3.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.7 | -3.0 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 13.8 | 0.9 |
| 2004 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | -3.0 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| 2003 | 7.2 | -1.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 4.8 | -0.8 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | -6.5 | 3.0 | -5.3 | 5.5 | -6.4 | -13.8 | 12.0 | -1.5 |
| 2001 | -5.0 | -1.3 | -8.6 | -6.1 | 7.7 | -5.8 | 16.2 | -4.5 | 16.2 | -2.2 | -10.3 | 7.5 |
| 2000 | 1.8 | 25.0 | -7.4 | 28.4 | -7.5 | 20.5 | 16.4 | 21.5 | -21.9 | 33.2 | 2.4 | -3.7 |
| 1999 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 8.0 | 20.5 | -6.5 |
| Avg | 1.8 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.8 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.8% | -0.1% | +1.7% | +1.4% | +0.9% | +0.1% | +4.2% | +0.8% | +0.8% | +3.3% | +4.6% | +2.8% |
| Win rate | 63%/27 | 48%/27 | 44%/27 | 56%/27 | 67%/27 | 59%/27 | 69%/26 | 54%/26 | 54%/26 | 70%/27 | 70%/27 | 78%/27 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-60.4%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±8.6%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+35.42%
2009-03
Worst month
-32.47%
2008-10
Longest streaks
12▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About BlackRock
BlackRock moves money around and keeps a slice for the trouble — with price receipts on this site going back to 1999. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1999) would be about $10,602 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was March 2009 at +35.42%; its worst, October 2008 at -32.47%.
- It has closed December in the green 21 out of 27 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.