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PRICE T ROWE GROUP INCEvidence as of 2026-09-02

Overview · PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to individuals, institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and institutions. It launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up approach. T…

SectorFinancial Services
IndustryAsset Management
Typeequity
ExchangeNASDAQ
Employees7,837
www.troweprice.com

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Moneyta sentiment

Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.

Mixedhigh confidence
−2 · strongly unfavorable0 · balanced+2 · strongly favorable

+0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.

What builds the score

Fundamentals
+0.6
Filings and risk
+0.4
Market signals
+0.3
Ownership and flow
+0.4
Insider activity
−0.5

Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.

News tonecontext · not scored+0.5 observed
3 favorable0 neutral2 unfavorableacross 3 outlets · 6 stories deduped to 5 storylines

Editor's note

Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.

GoodwinAI editor

The evidence balance is Mixed (+ 0.2 of a possible + 2; was + 0.2 before debate) with confidence high. Revenue increased from $ 1,857,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-28) to $ 1,907,400,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-29), while operating income fell from $ 680,500,000 to $ 540,500,000 over the same pair of quarters. Net income and diluted EPS moved higher over that interval, from $ 498,200,000 to $ 632,000,000 and from $ 2.23 to $ 2.88, respectively.

Assets under management rose to $ 1,893.4 billion at the fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-29, with net market appreciation and income contributing $ 190.2 billion and net cash outflows of $ 6.5 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2026. The company reported $ 333,500,000 of payments for repurchase of common stock in the earlier quarter and a decline in reported common shares outstanding from 218,072,901 to 213,315,850 across the reported dates.

How this note was made

every stage ran before the note was written
Analystsread the evidence
Debatebull ⇄ bear ×2
Chairrules on every claim
Riskstress-tests the read
Sentimentweighs what survived
Editorwrites the note

Analyst desk

Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.

MercerAI fundamentals analyst
+1.0

Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.

Revenue reported rose from USD 1,857,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to USD 1,907,400,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).

XBRL companyfacts · 0001628280-26-028712

Operating income declined from USD 680,500,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to USD 540,500,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), while revenue increased over the same quarters.

XBRL companyfacts · 0001628280-26-028712
OakesAI filings and risk analyst
+0.0

Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.

Which filings the desk reads

The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.

Assets under management ended the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2026 at $1,893.4 billion, an increase of $183.7 billion from March 31, 2026.

10-Q filed 2026-07-31

For the three months ended June 30, 2026, net market appreciation and income contributed $190.2 billion to assets under management, while net cash outflows were $6.5 billion.

10-Q filed 2026-07-31
NashAI market signals analyst
+0.0

Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.

Three-month momentum is +4.5% and six-month momentum is +18.4% as of 2026-09-01.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debate

Dividend yield (TTM) is +4.72% and dividend growth over three years is +2.0%, with dividend yield ranked in the 93th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.

Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01
EllisAI ownership and flow analyst
+0.0

Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.

Institutions reported $16.79B in combined 13F holdings of TROW as of the reporting period ended 2026-03-31.

13F holdings · 1088 filers · as of 2026-03-31

Top institutional holders in the 13F report for the period ended 2026-03-31 included BlackRock, Inc. at $2.05B, STATE STREET CORP at $1.29B, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC at $1.28B, VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC at $916.7M, and GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC at $761.7M.

13F holdings · 1088 filers · as of 2026-03-31
YatesAI news analyst
+0.0

Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.

Multiple T. Rowe Price–branded ETFs showed large month-over-month increases in reported short interest during August 2026 (examples: TDVG short interest up 69.2% as of August 14, 2026; THYF short interest up 87.9% as of August 14, 2026; TBUX short interest up 228.6% as of August 14, 2026).

News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-09-01

A PensionBee announcement states its Automatic Rollover IRA solution was made available to eligible T. Rowe Price retirement plan clients, per a Sept. 1, 2026 press release carried on Yahoo Finance.

News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01
TalbotAI insider activity analyst
−1.0

Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.

Nelson Joshua B (Vice President) reported an open-market sale of 10,000 shares for $1.1M on 25 August 2026; the Form 4/5 filing does not list a trading plan for this transaction.

Form 4 · Nelson Joshua B (Vice President) · $1.1M sold · 2026-08-25

Jackson Stephon A. (Vice President) reported an open-market sale of 3,000 shares for $308k on 13 May 2026; the filing shows no trading plan for that sale.

Form 4 · Jackson Stephon A. (Vice President) · $17k code A · 2026-05-13
ArcherAI valuation analyst
+0.0

Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.

The trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio is 10.66.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Reported trailing twelve-month net cash provided by (used in) operating activities is $2,606,200,000.

Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD close

Debate and risk review

A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.

Debate1 round · 9 claims contested

A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.

The bull case

Several company-reported and market data points jointly support a favorable read: revenue, net income, and diluted EPS all rose quarter-over-quarter while reported shares outstanding fell after sizable repurchase activity; assets under management increased materially (driven largely by net market appreciation) and management cites ample liquidity and an explicit expense-alignment plan. Valuation and cash metrics reinforce the constructive picture: a low trailing P/E (10.66), strong trailing operating and operating-cashflow figures, and over $3.2B in cash and equivalents. Market-position signals (high dividend yield percentile, positive multi-month momentum, ETF inclusion, and meaningful institutional ownership) add corroborating context. Evidence strengths: the financial-report items (revenue, net income, EPS, share counts, AUM, cash balances, operating cash flow) are strong (SEC-sourced filings); management commentary on industry pressure and cost actions is medium-to-strong (MD&A language); short-interest, insider-sales, and 13F quarter snapshots are mixed-to-weak as standalone negative signals given timing and scope.

The bear case

Chair's verdict, claim by claim

Multiple T. Rowe Price–branded ETFs showed large month-over-month increases in reported short interest during August 2026 (examples: TDVG short interest up 69.2% as of August 14, 2026; THYF short interest up 87.9% as of August 14, 2026; TBUX short interest up 228.6% as of August 14, 2026).Media reports cited show large month-over-month increases in reported short interest for several T. Rowe Price–branded ETFs in August 2026.upheld
A PensionBee announcement states its Automatic Rollover IRA solution was made available to eligible T. Rowe Price retirement plan clients, per a Sept. 1, 2026 press release carried on Yahoo Finance.Press-release coverage (Yahoo Finance) documents PensionBee's Automatic Rollover IRA availability to eligible T. Rowe Price retirement plan clients.upheld
Three-month momentum is +4.5% and six-month momentum is +18.4% as of 2026-09-01.Reported short-term momentum figures are supported, but a base-rate flag indicates similar momentum is common across the universe, reducing company-specific signal strength.weakened
Risk review

Fragility · computed, not argued

balanced0.30

39 surviving claims rest on 20 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 15% of them, and 96% of what the desk raised survived the debate.

The read rests on a moderate breadth of sources but a relatively small number of analysts carry a nontrivial share of the surviving claims; that concentration means individual analyst errors would meaningfully reduce confidence. The very high survival rate from the internal debate implies the desk found few internal contradictions, but source concentration and analyst dependence make this read somewhat fragile — treat the observations as informational summaries rather than a heavily corroborated consensus.

Peer context · computed, not argued

12-1 momentum ranks 1st of 6 in Asset Management (as of 2026-09-01).

6-month relative strength ranks 3rd of 6 in Asset Management (as of 2026-09-01).

90-day volatility ranks 5th of 6 in Asset Management (as of 2026-09-01).

dividend yield ranks 1st of 6 in Asset Management (as of 2026-09-01).

Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers

Context

Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.

The street's viewAnalyst consensus · third-party · 2026-09-01
Buy Hold Sell Target

Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.

What this was built from

Every figure on this page traces to one of these. The desk reads only what is listed here — no outside knowledge, no browsing — and each card shows who read it and what it contributed to the score.

21 filings· 2 cited

SEC XBRL filings

Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.

Read by Mercer+0.6 to the score

4 documents· 2 cited

SEC filing documents

The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.

Read by Oakes+0.4 to the score

1 signal set

Moneyta signal set

Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.

Read by Nash+0.3 to the score

3 holdings records· 1 cited

Fund holdings

Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.

Read by Ellis+0.4 to the score

8 headlines· 2 cited

News coverage

Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.

Read by Yatesnothing survived

18 filings· 2 cited

Insider filings

Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.

Read by Talbot−0.5 to the score

1 computation

Valuation inputs

TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.

Read by Archercontext only

1 record· 0 cited

Company profile

Sector, industry and company details.

1 record· 0 cited

Analyst consensus

Third-party consensus, shown for context only — it never enters Moneyta sentiment.

Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.

Social sentiment

Crowd chatter as an evidence stream.

Coming soon

Aggregated tone from public social feeds will join the desk as its own evidence stream — read by its own analyst, contested in the same debate, and shown with the same sourcing as every other claim. Until it earns that bar, nothing renders here.

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Written by AI, checked against sources

The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.

Educational analysis of published data. Moneyta does not give investment advice or make recommendations. Past patterns do not indicate future results.

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