NYSE:SQ - Square Stock Price, Forecast & News

Square's stock was trading at $62.44 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SQ stock has decreased by 14.6% and is now trading at $53.34. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

34 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Square in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 15 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Square.

Square is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Square.

Square, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The technology company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.02. The technology company earned $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.19 billion. Square had a return on equity of 6.57% and a net margin of 7.97%. View Square's earnings history.

Square updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.3-1.34 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $638.82 million.

34 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Square's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate Square's share price to reach $66.59 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Square.

Media stories about SQ stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Square earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutSquare.

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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), Tesla (TSLA), salesforce.com (CRM) and Intel (INTC).

(SQ) raised $324 million in an IPO on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The company issued 27,000,000 shares at a price of $11.00-$13.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan acted 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SQ."

Square's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (4.14%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (1.81%), Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.51%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.37%), Bares Capital Management Inc. (1.21%) and ARK Investment Management LLC (0.87%). Company insiders that own Square stock include Ajmere Dale, Alyssa Henry, Jack Dorsey, Jacqueline D Reses, James Morgan Jr Mckelvey, Mary G Meeker and Sivan Whiteley. View institutional ownership trends for Square.

SQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Moors & Cabot Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. 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 activity for Square.

SQ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Norges Bank, HMI Capital LLC, Gladstone Capital Management LLP, FIL Ltd, ARK Investment Management LLC, Bares Capital Management Inc., and Renaissance Technologies LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $53.34.

Square has a market capitalization of $23.22 billion and generates $4.71 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $375.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.17 on an earnings per share basis. Square employs 3,835 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]