Block Inc. ($SQ), whose Cash App is among the world's top 10 payment apps, will probably report a seventh consecutive quarter of net losses as revenue growth settles at a rate below its pre-pandemic norm.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Block will likely report a first-quarter loss of -$0.18 per share vs. -$0.38 per share a year earlier.
- Revenue is predicted to climb more than 16% to $4.6 billion.
- Block's gross payment volume is expected to climb 17% to nearly $51 billion.
Block is forecast to post net losses of $111.8 million, or 18 cents a share, narrower than losses of over $207 million a year earlier, according to analyst estimates compiled by Visible Alpha. Analysts also predict revenue increased 16.5% year-over-year to $4.6 billion.1 Block reports earnings results after markets close Thursday.2
Block's transaction volumes surged in the second half of 2020 as e-commerce business swelled, but inflation and fears of a recession have quelled this rapid growth. Block's gross payment volume hasn't shrunk since 2020, but year-over-year growth has slowed from a peak of 88% in the second quarter of 2021 to 15% last quarter.
Block's Cash App is one of its primary growth drivers, and analysts expect revenue to top $2.8 billion, up from $2.5 billion a year ago.
CEO Jack Dorsey will likely face questions about a March 2023 report from short-seller Hindenburg Research accusing Block of inflating Cash App user counts.3 Block pushed back after the report was published, calling it "factually inaccurate and misleading."4
Dorsey could also report on efforts to expand Cash App's banking products, including the savings accounts it launched in January.5 The company and competitors like Apple ($AAPL) are adding traditional banking services to their platforms in an effort to retain users and become their primary banks. Big banks have responded in kind, with Bank of America ($BAC), JPMorgan ($JPM), and Wells Fargo ($WFC) reportedly developing a digital wallet of their own.
Shares of Block are down almost 43% in the last year, while the benchmark S&P 500 Information Technology Index is up 5%.
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