Block Inc

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  • Sector: Technology
  • GIC Group: Software & Services
  • Industry: Software - Infrastructure
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Company description

Block, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, creates tools that enables sellers to accept card payments and provides reporting and analytics, and next-day settlement. The company provides hardware products, including Square Register that combines its hardware, point-of-sale software, and payments technology; Square Terminal, a payments device and receipt printer to replace traditional keypad terminals, which accepts tap, dip, and swipe payments; Square Stand, which enables an iPad to be used as a payment terminal or full point of sale solution; Square Reader for contactless and chip that accepts EMV chip cards and NFC payments, enabling acceptance through Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other mobile wallets; and Square Reader for magstripe, which enables swiped transactions of magnetic-stripe cards by connecting with an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet through the headphone jack or Lightning connector. It also offers various commerce products, including Square for Restaurants; Square Appointments; Square for Retail; Square Point of Sale; Square Online; Square Online Checkout; Square Invoices; Square Virtual Terminal; Risk Manager; Order Manager; Payment application programming interfaces (APIs); and Commerce APIs. In addition, the company provides Cash App, an ecosystem of financial products and services that enables customers to store, send, receive, spend, or invest their money. It serves in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Spain. The company was formerly known as Square, Inc. and changed its name to Block, Inc. in December 2021. Block, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Financial highlights

Market Capitalization$52938.4052 million
P/E Ratio0
P/E Growth Ratio1.9092
Book Value1.1659
Dividend Per Share0
Earnings Per Share-0.67
EBITDA-10,593
Profit Margin-0.0136
Operating Margin TTM-0.0192
Return on Assets TTM-0.0079
Return on Equity TTM-0.0162
Revenue TTM19,691,530.24

Income statement highlights

All numbers are in thousands

Date Total Revenue Cost of Revenue Gross Profit Total Operating Expenses
2016-12-31 1,708,721 1,132,683 576,038
2017-12-31 2,214,253 1,374,947 839,306
2018-12-31 3,298,177 1,994,477 1,303,700 3,334,791
2019-12-31 4,713,500 2,823,815 1,889,685 1,863,128
2020-12-31 9,497,578 6,764,169 2,733,409 2,752,224
2021-12-31 17,661,203 13,241,380 4,419,823 4,187,585
2022-12-31 17,531,587 11,539,695 5,991,892 6,569,853

Balance sheet highlights

All numbers are in thousands

Date Cash Total Assets Total Liabilities Short Term Debt Long Term Debt Common Stock
2016-12-31 452,030 1,211,362 635,209
2017-12-31 696,474 2,187,270 1,400,937 0 358,572 0
2018-12-31 583,173 3,281,023 2,160,522 0 899,695 0
2019-12-31 1,047,118 4,551,258 2,836,208 27,275 938,832 0
2020-12-31 3,158,058 9,869,550 7,187,981 516,841 2,586,924
2021-12-31 4,443,669 13,925,764 10,612,175 561,560 4,559,208 0.05
2022-12-31 4,544,202 31,364,340 14,112,985 477,196 4,109,829 0.07

Cash flow highlights

All numbers are in thousands

Date Net Income Total Cash Change in Cash Begin period cash End period cash Dividends
2016-12-31 -171,590 23,131 -807
2017-12-31 -62,813 127,711 246,336 735,081
2018-12-31 -38,453 295,080 -102,234 735,081 632,847
2019-12-31 375,446 465,699 465,859 632,847 1,098,706
2020-12-31 213,105 381,603 2,103,157 1,098,706 3,201,863
2021-12-31 158,826 847,830 2,181,919 4,793,171 6,975,090
2022-12-31 -553,005 175,903 1,460,816 6,975,090 8,435,906