Added to YB: 2025-11-18
Pitch date: 2025-11-15
XYZ [bullish]
Block, Inc.
+5.61%
current return
Author Info
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Company Info
Block, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, builds ecosystems focused on commerce and financial products and services in the United States and internationally.
Market Cap
$37.7B
Pitch Price
$61.31
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
N/A
EV/EBITDA
21.22
P/E
12.40
EV/Sales
1.54
Sector
Financial Services
Category
growth
Long Block
SQ: Opened position at $65.70. Square resuming US share gains, international GPV +25%. Cash App MAUs up 2% to 58M, banking actives 8.7M. 2026 targets: 18% gross profit growth, 23.5% op margin, $3.22 EPS. Trades at discount to quality peers despite improving fundamentals. Key risks: lending exposure, Bitcoin correlation, recession vulnerability.
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