What is William Blair’s Estimate for Block Q2 Earnings?

Block, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) – Equities research analysts at William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Block in a report issued on Tuesday, January 7th. William Blair analyst A. Jeffrey now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $0.71 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.70. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Block’s current full-year earnings is $1.73 per share.

SQ has been the topic of a number of other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Block from $87.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their target price on shares of Block from $90.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. BNP Paribas downgraded shares of Block from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $88.00 price target for the company. in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Macquarie increased their price objective on Block from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt upgraded Block from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $115.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and twenty-seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Block has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $96.77.

Block Trading Down 1.2 %

SQ opened at $86.61 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 2.51. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.83. Block has a 1-year low of $55.00 and a 1-year high of $99.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 2.07.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in Block by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. now owns 39,688 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,664,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV increased its position in shares of Block by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 7,744 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $520,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Block by 2.5% in the third quarter. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,265 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $421,000 after buying an additional 153 shares during the period. Lindbrook Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Block by 6.3% in the third quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 2,592 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $174,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the period. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Block by 14.8% during the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,192 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $80,000 after buying an additional 154 shares in the last quarter. 70.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Block

In other news, CAO Ajmere Dale sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.00, for a total transaction of $80,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 88,791 shares in the company, valued at $7,103,280. This trade represents a 1.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Chrysty Esperanza sold 2,964 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.00, for a total transaction of $237,120.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 88,607 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,088,560. This trade represents a 3.24 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 29,981 shares of company stock worth $2,681,185. Corporate insiders own 10.49% of the company’s stock.

About Block

Square, Inc provides payment and point-of-sale solutions in the United States and internationally. The company's commerce ecosystem includes point-of-sale software and hardware that enables sellers to turn mobile and computing devices into payment and point-of-sale solutions. It offers hardware products, including Magstripe reader, which enables swiped transactions of magnetic stripe cards; Contactless and chip reader that accepts EMV® chip cards and Near Field Communication payments; Chip card reader, which accepts EMV® chip cards and enables swiped transactions of magnetic stripe cards; Square Stand, which enables an iPad to be used as a payment terminal or full point of sale solution; and Square Register that combines its hardware, point-of-sale software, and payments technology, as well as managed payments solutions.