Don't Miss These Facts About Block

By Kim Brooks • Wednesday, April 05 09:47 • Permanent Link

Block logged a -1.8% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $67.6 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. SQ's trading volume is 1,102,086 compared to the stock's average volume of 16,164,198.

Block trades -28.65% away from its average analyst target price of $94.75 per share. The 38 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $70.0 to $150.0, and on average have given Block a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying SQ should be aware of the facts below:

Block's current price is 545.2% above its Graham number of $10.48, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Block has moved -46.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -8.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -0.92, Block has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -73.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
SQ has a forward P/E ratio of 27.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.43 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.36 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Block is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.4 compared to its sector average of 6.23
Block, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, creates tools that enables sellers to accept card payments and provides reporting and analytics, and next-day settlement.
Based in San Francisco, the company has 12,428 full time employees and a market cap of $41,302,925,312.

The above analysis is intended for educational purposes only and was performed on the basis of publicly available data. It is not to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any buy, sell, or other recommendations mentioned in the article are direct quotations of consensus recommendations from the analysts covering the stock, and do not represent the opinions of Market Inference or its writers. Past performance, accounting data, and inferences about market position and corporate valuation are not reliable indicators of future price movements. Market Inference does not provide financial advice. Investors should conduct their own review and analysis of any company of interest before making an investment decision.