Consider This Before Taking a Position in Block (SQ)

By Tamara Parker • Friday, December 29 15:16 • Permanent Link

Block shares slid -2.5% this afternoon. Here's what you need to know about the large-capSoftware company:

Block has logged a 26.5% 52 week change, compared to 24.6% for the S&P 500
SQ has an average analyst rating of buy and is 2.03% away from its mean target price of $76.01 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.46, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to -168.6. The Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 35.0
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.06 and its forward P/E ratio is 25.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.67 in contrast to the Technology sector's average P/B ratio is 7.92
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $795.69 Million and the average free cash flow growth rate is 9.9%
Block's revenues have an average growth rate of 36.8% with operating expenses growing at 34.4%. The company's current operating margins stand at -1.2%

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