Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for XYZ in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Block (XYZ) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$76.28−0.19 (−0.2%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:17 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryBlock (XYZ) closes at $76.28, down 0.2%, sitting between its 50-day average of $80.47 and 200-day average of $69.49. The GekkoIndex reads 66.1, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, up 4.6 over the past five readings. Price sits 6.7% above Gekko Fair Value of $71.51. Over the past year the stock is up 0.8%, with a six-month gain of 29.3% but a one-month decline of 5.7%.
This week's news centers on insider selling by director Anthony Eisen, who sold 18,000 Class A shares in transactions spanning September 11 to September 18, totaling roughly $1.4 million to $1.5 million under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted March 2, 2026. Coverage also references Block's Q2 2026 results and raised full-year guidance from the August 5 report, alongside separate news of a federal trust bank move tied to Block's fintech operations.
Block's next earnings date is 5 November, 46 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day window; the prior report on 5 August showed EPS of $1.02 against an estimate of $0.48, with a 6.6% reaction and an average absolute reaction of 11.6% across recent quarters. Over the last 30 days, one unusual options signal appears, with call premium of $1,218,831 against put premium of $4,995. Three billionaire holders are recorded. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged -2.3% over 5 years, higher in 2 of those years, a pattern worth noting given the current gap to fair value.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $76.28200-day averageGekko Fair Value $71.51
Key stats
- Market cap
- $45.40B
- P/E ratio
- 136.6
- Forward P/E
- 14.9
- EPS, TTM
- $0.56
- Revenue, TTM
- $25.04B
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 2.52
- Volume
- 5.97M avg 4.07M
- 1-year return
- +0.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±10%
- 50-day average
- $80.47
- 200-day average
- $69.49
- Next earnings
- Nov 5 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 540.8M
Block swing-trade checklist
Block scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $76.28 sits between the 50-day ($80.47) and 200-day ($69.49) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
66.1, Accumulation
Reading 66.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valueheadwind
6.7% above
Price is 6.7% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 30 days: 1 unusual options signal.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 46 days
Next report Nov 5, 2026, 46 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−2.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −2.3% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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Block stock chart and price history
Block closed at $76.28 on Sep 18, 2026, +0.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $48.21 to $86.92.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −5.7%
- 3 months
- +2.0%
- 6 months
- +29.3%
- 1 year
- +0.8%
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About Block
Block works with merchants, giving them the equipment and software needed to take card payments, track sales through reporting tools, and receive funds on a next-day basis. Its hardware lineup runs from simple swipe readers to chip and contactless terminals, plus iPad-based stands and standalone registers that combine payment processing with point-of-sale features in one unit. Alongside these devices, it is widely recognized for Cash App, a mobile tool for sending, spending, and saving money.
On the software side, Block builds out a full set of business tools covering scheduling, retail and restaurant management, online storefronts, invoicing, virtual payment terminals, staff management, contracts, and marketing or loyalty programs, all tied together through a central dashboard. It also gives developers access to APIs and SDKs to build on its platform, and separately offers Weebly for website hosting and domain registration. Its merchant and consumer-facing products reach customers across the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Block began as Square, Inc. in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, having taken the Block name in December 2021. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker XYZ.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Miscellaneous commercial services
- Website
- block.xyz
Block GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Block’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.1, in the Accumulation zone, up 4.6 points over five sessions.
66.1Accumulation
Up 4.6 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 66 | +1.1% | +4.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 166 | +0.7% | −0.7% | ||
| Neutral | 380 | +0.2% | +1.5% | ||
| Distribution | 45 | −0.8% | +3.3% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average XYZ share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Block stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Block trades 6.7% above Gekko Fair Value of $71.51, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Block shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$71.51
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
6.7% Overvalued
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Block insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Block, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in XYZ were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Block has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $700.9M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.54%
- Trailing four quarters
- $2.53B
From company filings.
Unusual options activity last 30 days
1signal, 100% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bullish flow on Aug 22, $1.22M in unusual premium.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
3of the funds Gekko tracks hold XYZ.
1added1opened1trimmed1sold out
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Block earnings: next date and track record
Block reports on Nov 5, 2026, after the close (46 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
Expected after the close, 46 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.02
- Revenue estimate
- $6.60B
2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±11.6%average move across the report
2 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 5, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Block reported a strong Q2 with record profitability, broad-based gross profit growth across Square and Cash App, and raised full-year guidance. Management highlighted 25% year-over-year gross profit growth, 27% adjusted operating income margin, and 65% adjusted diluted EPS growth. Square GPV and gross profit both grew 13% YoY with accelerating U.S. GPV, and Cash App gross profit grew 31% YoY with low-single-digit monthly transacting actives growth expected in 2026. Management emphasized product velocity driven by AI investments (Buzz, Goose, Managerbot, Moneybot), successful new product launches (Cash App Tags, Afterpay pre-purchase, Neighborhoods), supply-chain and hardware resilience, and strategic banking capabilities via Square Financial Services (SFS). They expressed confidence in monetization paths for AI products but also signaled a measured approach to commercialization. Q&A reinforced confidence in execution, highlighted specific product metrics (Neighborhoods GMV and seller adoption), and discussed cost management (AI token/model-agnostic approach) and deposit-taking via SFS.
- Guidance
- - Raised 2026 guidance across gross profit, adjusted operating income, and adjusted diluted EPS (no numeric FY totals provided on call). - Expect gross profit to grow roughly in line with GPV in H2. - Expect low single-digit monthly transacting actives growth in 2026 for Cash App. - Q3 guide point: ~18% gross profit growth with continued margin expansion (as stated by management). - Continued expectation that Borrow/consumer lending losses will moderate year-over-year through remainder of 2026.
- Risks flagged
- - AI cost/token consumption is a material ongoing cost concern; management is actively optimizing routing and model choice but noted budgets are increasing. - Hardware/memory cost and supply constraints were discussed as industry-wide headwinds; management described proactive mitigation but acknowledged the environment is unprecedented. - Macro/FX/regulatory uncertainty (noted in international FX headwinds and the need for direct regulatory engagement via SFS). - General forward-looking risks (SEC filing/safe-harbor) and dependency on successful monetization/uptake of new AI and hardware products.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $1.02 est $0.48 | $6.62B est $6.47B | −6.6% |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.85 est $0.68 | $6.06B est $6.03B | +5.7% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.65 est $0.65 | $6.25B est $6.28B | +22.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.54 est $0.64 | $6.11B est $6.30B | −11.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.62 est $0.63 | $6.05B est $6.30B | −3.6% |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.56 est $0.97 | $5.77B est $6.19B | −20.4% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.71 est $0.88 | $6.03B est $6.29B | −18.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.88 est $0.88 | $5.98B est $6.24B | −4.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Block stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Block is $98.31, +28.9% from the last close, from 30 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$98.31consensus 12-month target, +28.9% from the last close
Now $76.28Avg $98.31
Low $82High $115
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 30 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | Piper Sandler | $105 | +37.7% |
| Sep 15 | UBS | $98 | +28.5% |
| Sep 10 | StoneX | $105 | +37.7% |
| Sep 2 | Scotiabank | $82 | +7.5% |
| Sep 1 | Goldman Sachs | $107 | +40.3% |
−0.7%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−2.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Block seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Block averaged −2.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −5.7% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −8.1% | 0 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −5.3% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −2.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −2.9% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, XYZ’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 10%.
Block market cap and key statistics
Block’s market cap is $45.40B, with a P/E ratio of 136.6 and revenue of $25.04B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $45.40B
- P/E ratio
- 136.6
- Forward P/E
- 14.9
- EPS, TTM
- $0.56
- Gekko Fair Value
- $71.51
Trading
- Volume
- 5.97M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 4.07M
- 52-week high
- $86.92
- 52-week low
- $48.21
- Shares outstanding
- 540.8M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $25.04B
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Return on equity
- 1.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −83.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 2.52
- Typical daily move
- ±3.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±10%
Block stock news this week
Coverage of Block this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Block (XYZ) director sells $1.4M in stock under trading planStock Titan, Sep 18
- Block Director Anthony Eisen Sells 18,000 Shares for $1.5 MillionFool - Investing News, Sep 17
- Block Inc. stock eases after insider sale as Q2 2026 earnings impressad-hoc-news.de, Sep 17
- Block, Inc. Director Anthony Eisen Sells 18,000 Class A Common Stock Shares Under Rule 10b5-1 PlanKalkine, Sep 15
- Block (XYZ) Boasts Earnings & Price Momentum: Should You Buy?Zacks Investment Research, Sep 15
- Block Stock Flashing Bullish Signal After PullbackSchaeffers Research, Sep 14
Block peers
Block’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SHOPShopify | Accumulation | 4.7% below |
| CTASCintas | Accumulation | 8.7% above |
| PYPLPayPal | Accumulation | 7.7% below |
| CPAYCorpay | Accumulation | 18.3% below |
| FISVFiserv | Accumulation | 39.9% below |
| GPNGlobal Payments | Accumulation | 24.4% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Block stock FAQ
What is Block’s market cap?
Block’s market cap is $45.40B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $76.28, with 540.8M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 136.6.
What is the Block stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Block is $98.31, +28.9% from the last close. Of the 30 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 27 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Block stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Block is overvalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $76.28 is 6.7% above Gekko Fair Value of $71.51. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Block report earnings next?
Block is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, after the market closes (46 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.02 per share on revenue of $6.60B. Block beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 11.6% on average across the report.
What is Block’s 52-week high and low?
Block’s 52-week high is $86.92 and its 52-week low is $48.21; it closed at $76.28 on Sep 18, 2026, +0.8% over the past year.
Is Block stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, smart money and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (trend) and 2 as headwinds (fair value and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Is there unusual options activity in Block?
Gekko flagged 1 unusual options signal in Block over the last 30 days, with $1.22M of flagged premium in calls and $5K in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Aug 22, 2026 with $1.22M in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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