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Yahoo Finance • 16 hours ago

What This Block Insider Sale Means as Cash App Gross Profit Jumped 38%

Key Points The transaction involved 18,000 shares at a weighted average price of $77.80 per share, totaling $1.4 million. The disposition represented roughly 1% of the insider's total direct equity holdings. This activity was executed und... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

A Block Director Sold 18,000 Company Shares for $1.4 Million. What Does That Mean for Investors?

Key Points Director Anthony Eisen's disposal involved 18,000 shares for a total value of ~$1.4 million based on weighted average pricing of $78.31 per share. This transaction represented 0.96% of the insider's direct equity holdings in th... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

AI disruption is the hot topic of earnings calls

Now is a great time for an executive to blame AI disruption for a bad quarter and a poor outlook. Everyone seems to be doing the same. Quick insight: If there has been one constant on earnings calls this year, it's talk of AI disrupting... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

1 Stock Under $50 with Competitive Advantages and 2 We Question

1 Stock Under $50 with Competitive Advantages and 2 We Question The $10-50 price range often includes mid-sized businesses with proven track records and plenty of growth runway ahead. They also usually carry less risk than penny stocks, t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 14 days ago

Block double upgraded at Piper Sandler, PayPal assigned Neutral rating

[PayPal Headquarters San Jose] JasonDoiy/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Piper Sandler took actions on several payment and consumer finance stocks, having double upgraded Block (XYZ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XYZ]) and assigning... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 14 days ago

Piper Sandler picks Payments and Consumer Finance winners as multiples reset

Investing.com -- Piper Sandler analyst Bill Carcache launched coverage of the payments and consumer finance sector with a "selectively constructive view," naming Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Capital One and Affirm as Overweight-rate... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 14 days ago

Here are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Block, Comcast, Fortinet, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Klarna, Logitech, Scorpio Tankers, Trade Desk, and More

Quick Read The Dow hit a record 52,182 and the Nasdaq surged 2% Monday as Iran ceasefire talks fueled broad gains across all major indices. Block (XYZ) scored a double upgrade to $100 at Piper Sandler while Trade Desk (TTD) was slashed to... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 19 days ago

Bitcoin crashes to $58K low: Inflation too hot, economy too strong, rate cuts too far?

[Chart bitcoin price crash on server and dollars background] Artem Burduk/iStock via Getty Images Just months ago, investors were debating how many rate cuts the Federal Reserve would deliver in 2026. Now, the market is asking a different... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 days ago

Block Inc. (XYZ) A High-Growth Large-Cap Stock To Invest In For Financial Services Exposure

Block Inc. (NYSE:XYZ) is one of the high-growth large-cap stocks to invest in now. On June 12, Block Inc.'s (NYSE:XYZ) financial services unit, Square Financial Services, launched a higher-yield savings tier, offering a 3.50% annual percen... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 25 days ago

Block (SQ) Stock Weighs Rebound Against High P/E And Intrinsic Value Estimates

Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. If you are wondering whether Block is attractively priced or already reflecting its potential, t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 26 days ago

Cathie Wood Goes Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks She Just Bought

After four trading days of selling -- outside of getting in on last week's record-setting initial public offering (IPO) -- Ark Invest co-founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer Cathie Wood started buying again on Wednesday. She added to... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Fintech Stock Block Is Trying to Prove That the Ultimate Cryptocurrency Has a Real Use Case, But Will It Work?

Key Points Block's most recent innovation comes from its Square segment, as the business introduced a new payments acceptance mechanism. It's too early to jump to any conclusions, but this is a step toward the world’s leading cryptocurren... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Europe Margins Set to Grow 7.9%, Ending Three Years of Declines

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. European companies could be entering their first margin recovery since 2022, as higher commodity prices and artificial intelligence start to support profitability. Bloomberg Intelligence data show... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Coffee Dose Scales from 88 Square Feet to an Eight-Figure Brand Supported by Square

Photo of Coffee Dose Brunch Club taken by Jordan Shiley The specialty coffee brand is leveraging Square’s commerce platform across four Southern California locations, with two additional openings planned for 2026 DISTRIBUTED-WORKFORCE/OA... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Bank of America offers blunt advice to U.S. stock traders

The Bank of America warned on June 5 that there are "too many red flags" waving over U.S. stocks and traders should take profits, CNBC reported. The bank tracked 10 bear market signposts and saw seven signposts triggering in May, five in... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Palantir Co-Founder Issues Stark Warning on AI Layoff Claims

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale said some companies may be using artificial intelligence as a justification for layoffs that are really driven by overhiring and slower growth. Lonsdale pointed to... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Monday Swimwear and Instacart Among Latest Brands to Add Afterpay and Cash App Pay to Checkout This Summer

New brands join Cash App’s commerce merchant network, giving customers more ways to pay this season DISTRIBUTED-WORK-MODEL/OAKLAND, Calif., June 08, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cash App today announced new retailers have added its commerce pay... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Apple Plans iPhone Bill Splitting as PayPal, Block Pare Gains

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is preparing a new iPhone bill-splitting service that could turn another everyday money habit into part of the Apple ecosystem. The feature would let users photograph a receipt... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

PayPal CEO Unveils AI Reset, $1.5B Savings Plan at Bernstein Conference

Key Points Interested in PayPal Holdings, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better. PayPal CEO Enrique Lores laid out a broad reset focused on simplifying the company, modernizing its pre-cloud technology stack, and making PayPal more AI... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Nvidia, Meta and Schlumberger rank among top companies adopting AI, new study says

Seemingly every company is obsessed with artificial intelligence these days, whether it's how the technology is transforming their industry or the effects it's having on employees and customers. But the degree to which companies are utili... Full story