Block Shares Drop Most Since March After Earnings Disappointment
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August 07 2023

Commentary by Eoin Treacy

Block Shares Drop Most Since March After Earnings Disappointment

This article from Bloomberg may be of interest to subscribers. Here is a section:

Block Inc., Jack Dorsey’s payments company, tumbled as much as 14% after reporting results that fell short of some analysts’ expectations.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s Trevor Williams said in a note that Block’s earnings report “lacks oomph,” even after the company increased its adjusted profit outlook for the rest of the year when it reported second-quarter results Thursday. BTIG LLC analyst Lance Jessurun called Block’s July trends “disappointing.”

Shares of the San Francisco-based company fell 11% to $65.14 at 12:32 p.m. in New York, after dropping to as low as $63.38 in the biggest intraday plunge since March.

Williams cited limited upside for Block’s Cash App, which started as a person-to-person payments app and now offers access to a variety of financial products. He also called “tepid” one measure of how many dollars are processed by Block’s payments systems. 

Both Cash App and Square, a payments platform geared toward small and midsize businesses, beat expectations in the second-quarter.

Eoin Treacy's view

Block is growing and is profitable but not enough to justify the valuation. That’s problematic in a high interest rate environment where the hurdle for investor interest is above zero.

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