Block is a software infrastructure company located in California, United States, which is part of the Technology sector, and is traded under the ticker XYZ on the NYSE exchange.
Block stock last closed at $66.63, up 1.95% from the previous day, and has increased 6.41% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Software - Infrastructure industry by 0.07 percentage points. Block stock is currently +50.51% from its 52-week low of $44.27, and -32.87% from its 52-week high of $99.26.
At the moment, there are 615.02M shares of XYZ outstanding. The market capitalization of XYZ is $40.98B. In the past 24 hours, 9.85M XYZ shares were traded.
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Analysts use a variety of different financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge XYZ's true value.
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Out of 25 sell side analysts who track XYZ, the consensus analyst rating on Block is a Buy
It's important to keep in mind that analyst ratings are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Trevor Williams, a top 15% analyst from Jefferies maintains XYZ with a strong buy rating and raises their XYZ price target from $60.00 to $70.00, on May 27, 2025.
Jefferies's Trevor Williams raised their price target on Block (NYSE: XYZ) by 16.7% from $60 to $70 on 2025/05/27. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Williams reported that a deep dive into their Financial (Payments and FinTech) catalyzed their price target hike on Block.
According to the company's 2025/04 Cash App update, growth has re-accelerated back to the low teens, the analyst told readers.
As a result, Williams expressed optimism that Q1's problems were related to consumer behavior regarding tax refunds in 2025/03, rather than a substantial structural shift, "and made clear management's Q2 and updated fiscal year guidance embeds meaningful conservatism."
Rufus Hone, a top 11% analyst from BMO Capital downgrades XYZ to a hold rating and lowers their XYZ price target from $80.00 to $58.00, on May 5, 2025.
Vasundhara Govil, a bottom 15% analyst from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods maintains XYZ with a buy rating and lowers their XYZ price target from $80.00 to $70.00, on May 5, 2025.
Paul Golding, a top 14% analyst from Macquarie downgrades XYZ to a hold rating and lowers their XYZ price target from $110.00 to $50.00, on May 5, 2025.
Arvind Ramnani, a bottom 2% analyst from Piper Sandler downgrades XYZ to a hold rating and lowers their XYZ price target from $85.00 to $51.00, on May 2, 2025.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Block stock forecast page.
Last year, XYZ earnings were $2.61B. Over the last 5 year, XYZ's earnings have grown by 42.24% per year. This was faster than the Software - Infrastructure industry average of 21.41%.
Last year, XYZ revenue was $23.94B. In the past five year, XYZ's revenue has increased by 36.05% per year. This was faster than the Software - Infrastructure industry average of 17.33%.
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Over the past year, executives and large shareholders at XYZ have bought more shares than they have sold.
Dhananjay Prasanna, Technology Engineering Lead of XYZ, was the latest XYZ insider to sell. They sold $177,828.00 worth of XYZ shares on Jun 16, 2025.
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No, Block doesn't provide an income stream by paying out dividends.
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