NYSE:SQ - Square Stock Price, Forecast & News

Square trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SQ."

Square, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.05. The technology company earned $602 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $596.85 million. Square had a negative net margin of 1.01% and a positive return on equity of 5.72%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 39.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.13 earnings per share. View Square's Earnings History.

Square is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Square.

Square updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.19-0.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $585-595 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $619.12 million.

31 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Square's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Square's stock price to reach $72.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Square.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Square in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Square.

Headlines about SQ stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Square earned a coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Square.

Some companies that are related to Square include Intuit (INTU), Uber Technologies (UBER), VMware (VMW), ServiceNow (NOW), Shopify (SHOP), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Autodesk (ADSK), Electronic Arts (EA), Splunk (SPLK), Synopsys (SNPS), ANSYS (ANSS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) and Paycom Software (PAYC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Square investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Walt Disney (DIS), salesforce.com (CRM), Visa (V) and Intel (INTC).

(SQ) raised $324 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The company issued 27,000,000 shares at $11.00-$13.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan served as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, Stifel, LOYAL3 Securities and SMBC Nikko were co-managers.

Square's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.13%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.07%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.02%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%), CMH Wealth Management LLC (0.02%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%). Company insiders that own Square stock include Ajmere Dale, Alyssa Henry, Hillary B Smith, Jack Dorsey, Jacqueline D Reses, James Morgan Jr Mckelvey, Mary G Meeker, Sarah Friar and Sivan Whiteley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Square.

SQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Alpine Global Management LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Grassi Investment Management, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Howard Capital Management, Wedbush Securities Inc. and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC. Company insiders that have sold Square company stock in the last year include Ajmere Dale, Alyssa Henry, Jack Dorsey and Jacqueline D Reses. View Insider Buying and Selling for Square.

SQ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Sciencast Management LP, CMH Wealth Management LLC, Meridian Wealth Management LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Perigon Wealth Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Square.

Shares of SQ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.69.

Square has a market capitalization of $29.51 billion and generates $3.30 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-38,450,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.02 on an earnings per share basis. Square employs 3,349 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Square.

The official website for Square is http://www.squareup.com/.

Square's mailing address is 1455 MARKET STREET SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94103. The technology company can be reached via phone at 415-375-3176 or via email at [email protected]