The Latest Breaking News from Block

Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng has initiated coverage on fintech firms PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Block Inc (NYSE: SQ) with Buy ratings.

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Block (NYSE:SQ) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 36.63% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 50.5%. Currently, Block has a market capitalization of $77.40 billion.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Block (NYSE:SQ). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) acquired British fintech startup Credit Kudos Ltd, the Block reports. The deal valued Credit Kudos at ~$150 million. It closed earlier this week. The London-based credit scoring startup lets businesses assess loan applicants by analyzing banking data and offers a service for potential borrowers to determine their creditworthiness, Bloomberg reports.…

Over the past 3 months, 20 analysts have published their opinion on Block (NYSE:SQ) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Monday lowered its exposure in Block Inc (NYSE: SQ), the money manager's first selling of the crypto-linked fintech stock this year.

Block (NYSE: SQ) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 40.01% on an annualized basis. Buying $1,000 In SQ: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 60.57 shares of Block at the time with $1,000. This

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Block (NYSE:SQ). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Block. Looking at options history for Block (NYSE:SQ) we detected 17 strange trades.

Yuga Labs, the company behind the widely popular Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, dismissed a Tuesday report from The Block containing a leaked pitch deck that outlined the company’s upcom