Block (SQ) Risk Assessment

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What is Block Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Block is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Competitive Comparison of Block's Risk Assessment

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Block's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Block's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Block's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Block's Risk Assessment falls into.

Block (NYSE:SQ) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

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Block (SQ) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

1455 Market Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103

Website

https://www.block.xyz

Founded in 2009, Block provides payment services to merchants, along with related services. The company also launched Cash App, a person-to-person payment network. In 2022, Square's payment volume was a little over $200 million.

Executives

Brian Grassadonia	officer: Cash App Lead	1455 MARKET STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Amrita Ahuja	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1455 MARKET STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Chrysty Esperanza	officer: Interim Counsel Lead	1955 BROADWAY, SUITE 600, OAKLAND CA 94612
Ajmere Dale	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	1455 MARKET STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Roelof Botha	director	C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Alyssa Henry	officer: Seller Lead	1455 MARKET STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Lawrence Henry Summers	director	JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, MAILBOX 8, 79 JFK STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Neha Narula	director	1955 BROADWAY, SUITE 600, OAKLAND CA 94612
Sivan Whiteley	officer: Gen. Counsel & Corp. Secretary	1455 MARKET STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Sharon Rothstein	director	C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Mckelvey James Morgan Jr.	director, 10 percent owner	2645 SOUTH BAYSHORE #802, MIAMI FL 33133
Carter Shawn Corey	director	C/O S. CARTER ENTERPRISES, LLC, 1411 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10018
Jack Dorsey	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO & Chairman	C/O TWITTER INC, 1355 MARKET STREET SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mary G Meeker	director	2750 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
David A Viniar	director	C/O GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282