Block Inc (SQ) Quote

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$SQ Any month now...
By: TrendSpider | June 1, 2024

• $SQ Any month now...



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 210,591 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | May 14, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 5/14.





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It's hip to be square

Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 110,334 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | May 13, 2024

• $SPX seemingly range bound between 0.75 and 1.0 std dev. Waiting to see signs of direction.





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Block (SQ) Stock Higher on Quarterly Beat, Forecast
By: Schaeffer's Investment Research | May 3, 2024

• The fintech company plans to buy more Bitcoin (BTC)

• Analysts and options traders are responding to the results

Fintech stock Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) is up 3.8% to trade at $72.98 at last check, after the company announced better-than-expected first-quarter earnings of 85 cents per share on $5.96 billion in revenue. In addition, Block revealed plans to buy more Bitcoin (BTC) and hiked its annual forecast.

Needham raised its priced target to $105 following the results, and TD Cowen adjusted up to $92, both of which are healthy premiums to SQ's current perch. The majority of analysts are bullish on the equity, with 29 of 37 in coverage recommending a "buy" or "strong buy."

Options traders are piling on as well, with 41,000 calls and 23,000 puts exchanged so far -- overall volume that is six times the intraday average amount. The most popular contract is the weekly 5/3 75-strike call.

On the charts, today's pop is losing steam at Block stock's 30-day moving average -- a trendline that acted as resistance for most of April. Nevertheless, the equity still boasts a more than 24% year-over-year lead, and added roughly 53% during the past six months.

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Block $SQ Just Reported Earnings: Double Beat
By: Evan | May 2, 2024

• SQUARE $SQ JUST REPORTED EARNINGS

EPS of $0.74 beating expectations of $0.73
Revenue of $5.96B beating expectations of $5.82B

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SQ reports 5-2 After close

Cpps at time of post 66.95

Market Chatter: Block Under Probe for Alleged Compliance Malpractices
10:46:23 AM ET, 05/01/2024 - MT Newswires

10:46 AM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Block (SQ) is said to be under probe for alleged compliance lapses at its Square and Cash App units, NBC News reported Wednesday, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

NBC said prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are looking into the company's documents and internal practices after a former employee disclosed certain malpractices within the group. According to the former employee, Block collected insufficient information for Square and Cash App customers' risk assessment, Square processed thousands of transactions involving countries with economic sanctions, and Block processed cryptocurrency transactions for terrorist groups.

The former employee provided about 100 pages of supporting documents to NBC and said Block did not correct the processes when informed of the transactions, the report added. NBC said a second source familiar with the company's practices and monitoring programs backed the former employee's allegations.

According to NBC, a Block spokeswoman said the company voluntarily reported the transactions described by the former employee to the Office of Foreign Assets Control under the US Treasury and that the company maintains a "responsible and extensive compliance program."

Block did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

(Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)

Block $SQ Not a bad setup to keep your eyes on heading into next week
By: TrendSpider | April 26, 2024

• Not a bad setup to keep your eyes on heading into next week. $SQ



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 212,715 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | April 25, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 4/25.



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$SQ One of the hotter weekly setups heading into April
By: TrendSpider | March 28, 2024

• $SQ One of the hotter weekly setups heading into April.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 95,178 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | March 25, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 3/25.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 188,519 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | March 21, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 3/21.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 42,608 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | March 20, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from yesterday 3/20.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 9,437 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | March 19, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 3/19.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 110,659 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | March 18, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 3/18.



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$SQ Breaking out to new 52-week highs right out the gate this morning!
By: TrendSpider | March 13, 2024

• $SQ Breaking out to new 52-week highs right out the gate this morning!



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SQ new 52 week high

$SQ Keep an eye on Block this week, C&H setup with 8 new analyst buy ratings following last month's earnings report.
By: TrendSpider | March 11, 2024

• $SQ Keep an eye on Block this week, C&H setup with 8 new analyst buy ratings following last month's earnings report.



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SQ new 52 week high

Jack Dorsey's plan to reshape Square
Kate Fitzgerald
Fri, February 23, 2024 at 12:50 PM MST·5 min read
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-dorseys-plan-reshape-square-195021334.html

After retaking day-to-day control as CEO of Square last fall, Jack Dorsey, who also heads Square's parent company, Block, surprised analysts with fourth-quarter profits that exceeded expectations, in part through aggressive cost-cutting. And he's just getting started.

Next, Dorsey aims to overhaul the 15-year-old Square app so that it works more cleanly with Block's booming peer-to-peer Cash App to act like a bank for sellers and others.

Block's goal is for Cash App to become one of the top providers of banking services to U.S. households earning up to $150,000 annually. The company will beef up the financial tools it offers, and make the P2P app the go-to banking source for Square sellers, Dorsey told analysts during a conference call to discuss earnings Thursday.

"We're going to start putting our Square customers first and foremost in the Cash App, and you'll really see the power of our combined ecosystems and a combined network," Dorsey said, noting that Cash App P2P features position the entity to operate as a "social bank."

The plan hinges on expanding features within Block's Cash App and the Cash App Card to close the distance between its own offerings and those of a bank. Block plans to add mobile check deposit, bill payment and wire transfers, Dorsey said in a shareholder's letter also released Thursday.

Cash App already offers a Visa debit card, two-days-early direct deposit, cash deposits, instant discounts on debit spending and an FDIC-insured savings account with no minimum balance and free overdraft insurance. Cash App also offers short-term credit through Borrow, as well as stocks and bitcoin services. Its banking services are supported by Sutton Bank and Lincoln Savings Bank.

As Block's consumer banking ambitions expand, so will scrutiny of the firm's payments security and regulatory compliance. Reports recently circulated that two whistleblowers have filed a complaint with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission about Cash App's potential use by criminals for money laundering and terrorism financing.

Dorsey told analysts that Block is investing more deeply in security and compliance this year, adding that it means "continued focus on risk and fraud management, including protecting our customers from bad actors who attempt to abuse our platform through vectors like scams and phishing attacks," but he did not directly confirm any regulatory probes. Block did not respond to emailed inquiries about this topic.

Many of Dorsey's moves are aimed at shoring up internal operations that had frayed over the last decade when Dorsey wasn't directly managing the company, culminating in the sudden exit last year of Square's longtime CEO Alyssa Henry.

Robert Anderson, a Square founder, is rejoining the company "to focus on making design at Square world-class again," Dorsey said.

A top priority this year will be tightening the integration across Square sellers, Cash App and Afterpay, the company's buy now/pay later arm. Block immediately plans to eliminate "four or five" different versions of the Square app that previously targeted different user groups, creating a single app called Square, with tabs for users to access services targeting sole proprietors or restaurants, for example.

Block also plans to promote Afterpay within Cash App by displaying BNPL offers there, and also by inviting Afterpay app users to fund BNPL purchases with the Cash App Card, he said.

To boost growth at Square, the firm is trying out a new "pay as you go" model, offering some sellers free point-of-sale hardware in exchange for a higher card-processing rate. Square is also offering restaurants a bundle of business-management software tools at a discounted rate, and offering sellers new incentives for referrals.

Asked about the possibilities for expanding Square distribution through banks, Dorsey noted that years ago Square partnered with JPMorgan Chase to distribute Square readers through Chase's bank branches and "it wasn't that effective."
Noting that some banks are succeeding in distributing mobile payment acceptance tools through branches, Dorsey said he's still open to the idea, but it's secondary to the immediate need to modernize Square itself, including through the use of generative AI.

"[AI] is going to be extremely impactful for us as we look at everything that we're doing and all the tools that we're building and how much more productive it makes all of our engineers," Dorsey said. Additionally, AI "allows us to ship faster, allows us to correct mistakes much faster and really be ahead of the market," he said.

Block's gross profit for the fourth quarter was $2 billion, up 22% over the same period a year earlier. Cash App generated $1.2 billion, up 25% year over year. Square alone contributed $828 million to gross profit, up 18% year over year.

For the full year, Block's gross profit was $7.5 billion, up 25% over 2022.

Block raised its 2024 profit forecast by more than $200 million, and the company now expects to produce gross profit of $8.65 billion, which would be 15% above 2023.

The company has also cut staff through layoffs and attrition so employees number under 12,000, a level Dorsey plans to keep in place for the next several years, he said.

"We sense that work is underway to enhance growth by improving product velocity," said analysts at JPMorgan in a Thursday note to investors, adding: "The overall momentum of Cash App is impressive."

What to Expect from This Fintech Firm's Earnings
By: Schaeffer's Investment Research | February 21, 2024

• Block is expected to report earnings after tomorrow's close

• The stock has a tendency to move higher after quarterly results

Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) is slated to step into the earnings confessional after the market closes tomorrow, Feb. 22. Wall Street is anticipating the fintech concern's earnings to come in at 47 cents per share on revenue of $5.43 billion, representing a year-over-year gain for both figures.

Looking at Block's earnings history, its shares were higher after five of its past eight post-earnings sessions, including a 10.7% pop after its November report. In the last eight quarters, SQ averaged a swing of 8.9%, regardless of direction. This time around, the options market is pricing in a much larger move of 18.2%.

Ahead of the vent, Block stock is down 2.6% to trade at $64.03 at last glance. The $64 level and its 80-day moving average are both keeping the equity's pullback in check, as is stands well above its annual lows near the $38 area. While SQ is up 11.6% over the last six months, it sports notable double-digit percentage losses in 2024 and over the last 12 months.



Despite this year's underperformance, call traders have taken an increased interest in the stock. This is per Block stock's 10-day call/put volume ratio of 3.06 at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), which stands higher than all but 6% of readings from the past year, showing calls being snatched up at a much faster-than-usual rate in the last two weeks.

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Fintech Stock Block (SQ) for Options Bulls
By: Schaeffer's Investment Research | February 2, 2024

• SQ looks like a perfect pick for call traders

• Square stock has layers of support in place

Fintech stock Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) is finding support near its 160- and 200-day moving averages, and recently experienced a double bottom on the hourly chart. Now in the midst of a roughly 20% pullback from its massive 2023 end-of-the-year run, a confluence of weekly moving averages are supporting SQ on the charts which makes now an intriguing time to speculate on the equity's next move higher.



Earlier in the week the stock pulled back near the 60-strike -- the second-largest put open interest 9OI) level -- and bounced off that area, nearly overtaking the peak put strike level of 65 before the weekend. There's room for analyst sentiment to turn higher, too, as 15 of 47 still rate SQ a "hold" or "sell."

Now looks like the ideal time to bet with options too, as Block stock's Schaeffer's Volatility Scorecard (SVS) tally of 90 -- out of a possible 100 -- indicates it tends to outperform options traders' volatility expectations. Our recommended call option leverage ratio of 5.3, and would double on a 20.2% pop in the underlying shares.

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BTIG Upgrades Block to Buy From Neutral, Price Target at $85
7:54 AM ET, 01/30/2024 - MT Newswires

Wedbush Upgrades Block to Outperform From Neutral on Pricing Leverage, Raises PT to $90 From $70
7:22 AM ET, 01/30/2024 - MT Newswires

Block $SQ 50D in play, and then 200D at this point
By: Options Mike | January 15, 2024

• $SQ 50D in play, and then 200D at this point.



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Hello again SQ is on my list

Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 231,102 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | December 27, 2023

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 12/27.



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Block $SQ has reached its most overbought level in more than 6 years
By: Barchart | December 26, 2023

• Block $SQ has reached its most overbought level in more than 6 years.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Buys 158,334 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | December 20, 2023

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 12/20.



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Buys 347,692 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | December 18, 2023

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 12/18.



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After Hours in bullish move

Block (SQ) could 'comfortably achieve' +16% gross profit growth next year - Mizuho
By: Investing | December 12, 2023

Mizuho analysts raised the firm's price target for Block (SQ) to $99 from $90 per share in a note Tuesday, maintaining a Buy rating on the stock.

The investment company's meticulous bottom-up model will help underwrite Block's 2024 gross profit.

"Consider our granular bottom-up models for SQ's major ecosystems. The models suggest that SQ could comfortably achieve +16% total company GP growth next year," explained the analysts.

For Square, the Mizuho analysts said they used the "historical capture of incremental V & MA volumes to help predict nearly $3.5bn of GP (ex-BNPL) in 2024 (+12% growth)." For Cash App, they "model each individual product, including Instant Deposit, Cash Card, and others" and overall, "expect +18% GP growth to $4.2bn (ex-BNPL)."

"Together (including BNPL & Corporate), we estimate $8.7bn of total company GP in 2024 (+16% growth)," said the analysts, adding that the price target was lifted due to better cost control and increased comfort around medium-term GP growth.

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Block $SQ Kissing that juicy gap... Hot but so far doesn't care
By: Options Mike | December 10, 2023

• $SQ Kissing that juicy gap... Hot but so far doesn't care.



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Block $SQ What I refer to as Imbedded Overbought.. 68 Next resistance, 8D not even touched last month .. sto strong
By: Options Mike | December 3, 2023

• $SQ What I refer to as Imbedded Overbought.. RSI screaming and doesn't care..

68 Next resistance, 8D not even touched last month .. sto strong.



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Clearbridge Investments LLC Makes New Investment in Block, Inc. (SQ)
By: MarketBeat | November 26, 2023

• Clearbridge Investments LLC purchased a new position in Block, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 1,107,468 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $73,724,000. Clearbridge Investments LLC owned approximately 0.18% of Block as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

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Block $SQ Nice winner in this one, out now. gap filled 60 then the 200D next levels
By: Options Mike | November 19, 2023

• $SQ Nice winner in this one, out now. gap filled 60 then the 200D next levels.

Might look at it again on dip to the 8D and hold.



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Block Insider Trading Alert: $SQ Board of Directors member Roelof Botha just purchased 540,646 shares for a total value of $27.5 million
By: Barchart | November 14, 2023

• Block Insider Trading Alert

$SQ Board of Directors member Roelof Botha just purchased 540,646 shares for a total value of $27.5 million.



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Block $SQ Very strong since earnings, 8D still playing catch up, 54 then 56 to the upside
By: Options Mike | November 12, 2023

• $SQ Very strong since earnings, 8D still playing catch up, 54 then 56 to the upside.



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Can't tell if this woman knows what she's doing or not. But I sure hope so.

Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Buys 96,367 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Ark Invest Daily | November 6, 2023

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 11/6.





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Block $SQ Similar report to $PYPL sold my JAN 50C and now in JAN 60C will stick with them as long as it's above the 50D. Over 52 then 54 then 58
By: Options Mike | November 5, 2023

• $SQ Similar report to $PYPL sold my JAN 50C and now in JAN 60C will stick with them as long as it's above the 50D.

Over 52 then 54 then 58.



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$SQ The fintech company topped Wall Street estimates for both revenue and profits, sending the stock up by 14% Friday. Block also raised its full-year adjusted EBITDA forecast for 2023 and issued upbeat guidance for 2024.

Block $SQ flashing strong bullish RSI divergence into multi-year lows ahead of Thursday's Q3 earnings report...
By: TrendSpider | October 31, 2023

• $SQ Block flashing strong bullish RSI divergence into multi-year lows ahead of Thursday's Q3 earnings report...



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Buys 310,100 Shares of Block Inc. (SQ)
By: Markets & Mayhem | October 27, 2023

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 10/27.





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$SQ ~ Q2 2018 vs Q2 2023
By: TrendSpider | October 25, 2023

$SQ ~ Q2 2018
Revenue: $815M
Gross Profit: $316M
Stock Price: $45

$SQ ~ Q2 2023
Revenue: $5.535B
Gross Profit: $1.866B
Stock Price: $45



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Block Inc. $SQ Still holding in. 21D resistance
By: Options Mike | October 22, 2023

• $SQ Still holding in. 21D resistance.



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Block Inc. $SQ Failed at the 21D. That is the level to break... back under the 8D.. recent lows back in play
By: Options Mike | October 15, 2023

• $SQ Failed at the 21D. That is the level to break... back under the 8D.. recent lows back in play.



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This has gotten very cheap