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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.05. The technology company earned $602 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $596.85 million. Square had a negative net margin of 1.01% and a positive return on equity of 5.72%. Square's revenue for the quarter was up 39.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS. 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 (EPS) guidance of $0.19-0.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $585-595 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $619.12 million.

32 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Square's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Square's share price to reach $73.10 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Square.

32 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 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Square.

Media stories about SQ stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Square earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Square.

Some companies that are related to Square include Intuit (INTU), Uber Technologies (UBER), VMware (VMW), ServiceNow (NOW), Shopify (SHOP), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Autodesk (ADSK), Electronic Arts (EA), Splunk (SPLK), ANSYS (ANSS), Synopsys (SNPS), 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 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.18%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.13%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.07%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.02%), Westwood Management Corp IL (0.02%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (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, State of Michigan Retirement System, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Grassi Investment Management, Premier Asset Management LLC, CWM LLC and Westwood Management Corp IL. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Sciencast Management LP, CMH Wealth Management LLC, Meridian Wealth Management LLC, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Loveless Wealth Management LLC and Red Spruce Capital 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 $74.80.

Square has a market capitalization of $32.14 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]