Quick Look at Block (SQ)

By Susan Ramirez • Thursday, October 26 15:46 • Permanent Link

Large-cap technology company Block has moved -0.2% this afternoon, reaching $41.65 per share. In contrast, the average analyst target price for the stock is $74.57.

Block, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, creates tools that enables sellers to accept card payments and provides reporting and analytics, and next-day settlement. The company is based in the United States.

Make Sure to Consider the Following Before Buying Block:

Block has moved -31.0% over the last year.
SQ has a forward P/E ratio of 17.6 based on its EPS guidance of 2.36.
Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of -29.3%.
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.41.
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.43

Block Has Irregular Cash Flows

Date Reported	Cash Flow from Operations ($ k)	Capital expenditures ($ k)	Free Cash Flow ($ k)	YoY Growth (%)
2023	468,825	147,170	321,655	6221.84
2022	175,903	170,815	5,088	-99.29
2021	847,830	134,320	713,510	1955.75
2020	173,110	138,402	34,708	-86.91
2019	327,630	62,498	265,132	13.36
2018	295,080	61,203	233,877

Block's free cash flows have a decent average of $262.33 Million over the last 6 years, but they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 204.4%. The compounded average growth rate over this period is 5.5%.

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