BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc.
Data updated: 2026-07-27
C000005578 — BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Balanced Allocation · $1.82B AUM · 0.78% expense ratio · 16.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000005578 Fund Overview
BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. is a US mutual fund managed by BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., categorised as Balanced Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.
- Category: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $1.82B
- 1-year return: 16.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000110055
- SEC series ID: S000002175
- Share class ID: C000005578
C000005578 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Blackrock Liquidity Funds | 11.12% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 2.65% |
| Apple, Inc. | 2.65% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 1.95% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 1.31% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.25% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 1.24% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.23% |
| Merrill Lynch International | 1.20% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.17% |
C000005578 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 50.8% |
| Fixed Income | 28.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 11.1% |
| Securitized | 8.5% |
| Derivatives | 0.7% |
C000005578 Performance
Total returns for C000005578 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 4.2% |
| 1 year | 16.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 9.0% |
C000005578 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000005578, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.7%
C000005578 Costs and Fees
C000005578 costs about $78 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.78%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.79%
- Portfolio turnover: 101%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.60 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000005578 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. had net inflows of $12.31M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$10.16M |
| 2026-01 | −$22.16M |
| 2025-12 | $52.80M |
| 2025-11 | −$9.18M |
| 2025-10 | −$15.64M |
| 2025-09 | −$11.41M |
C000005578 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.23% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.17% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.13% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.98% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.94% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.84% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.82% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.64% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.64% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.51% |
C000005578 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc. filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.