Block (XYZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Block, Inc. (NYSE:XYZ), formerly known as Square, is a financial technology company that develops tools for businesses, consumers and creators. Founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, the company changed its corporate name to Block in 2021 to reflect the expansion of its operations beyond its original seller-payments business.

Block’s Square ecosystem provides payment processing, point-of-sale hardware and software, business banking, invoicing, payroll, inventory management and other services for merchants. Its consumer-focused Cash App offers peer-to-peer payments, money transfers, direct deposit, investing and related financial services. Block also owns Afterpay, a buy now, pay later platform, and provides bitcoin-related products and services, including the Bitkey self-custody wallet.

The company serves customers primarily in the United States and also operates in selected international markets, including Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. Block is led by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who serves as chief executive officer, with Amrita Ahuja serving as chief financial officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $74.00 to $75.95
• 50-Day Range: $73.32 to $84.89
• 52-Week Range: $48.21 to $86.92
• Volume: 3.82 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $44.65 billion
• P/E Ratio: 132.73
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $95.45
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Block Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Block scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 149th out of 843 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Block has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 4 strong buy ratings, 29 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Block has a consensus price target of $95.45, representing about 28.4% upside from its current price of $74.33.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Block has been the subject of 26 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 35.40%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Block are expected to grow by 35.40% in the coming year, from $2.74 to $3.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Block is 132.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Block is 132.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.50.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Block has a PEG Ratio of 0.77. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Block has a P/B Ratio of 2.02. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.52% of the float of Block has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Block has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.65, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Block has recently increased by 4.36%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Block does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Block does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.38

News Sentiment

Block has a news sentiment score of -0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Block this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 28 people have searched for XYZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -28% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

16 people have added Block to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 60% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Block insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $24,020,586.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

11.37% of the stock of Block is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.44% of the stock of Block is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 10/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:XYZ
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:SQ
• CIK: 1512673
• Web: www.block.xyz
• Phone: 415-375-3176
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,205
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Block: $95.45
• High Price Target: $125.00
• Low Price Target: $55.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 42 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.56
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 132.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.13
• P/E Growth: 0.77
• Net Income: $1.31 billion
• Net Margins: 1.43%
• Pretax Margin: 2.84%
• Return on Equity: 8.10%
• Return on Assets: 4.53%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.26
• Current Ratio: 2.21
• Quick Ratio: 2.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $25.04 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.78
• Cash Flow: $1.17 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 63.74
• Book Value: $36.82 per share
• Price / Book: 2.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 600,795,000
• Free Float: 532,485,000
• Market Cap: $44.65 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.55