BLOCK INC XYZ
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 852234103 · ISIN US8522341036
American financial services company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($59.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $62.86. Options: 64 managers hold calls ($2.4bn notional), 46 hold puts ($1.8bn).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 971 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,008 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.9bn | $1.5bn | 0.77 |
| Q4 2022 | $2.4bn | $1.8bn | 0.77 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +12.6m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Added | +6.8m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | New | +3.3m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +1.5m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | +1.5m |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | New | +1.3m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +1.2m |
| Contour Asset Management LLC | New | +1.1m |
Biggest sellers
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Sold out | -4.1m |
| TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.9m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Reduced | -883.2k |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | Reduced | -827.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ | Reduced | -764.6k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Reduced | -724.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $458.0m7.3m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $428.5m6.8m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $114.0m1.8m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $110.6m1.8m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $108.2m1.7m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $105.1m1.7m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $96.0m1.5m shares |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $94.1m1.5m shares |
| CTC LLC | Reduced | $66.7m10.6k shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $64.3m1.0m shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $446.2m7.1m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $392.1m6.2m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $134.0m2.1m shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $123.8m2.0m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $88.1m1.4m shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | First filing | $87.2m1.4m shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | New | $81.3m12.9k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Reduced | $69.1m1.1m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $61.6m981.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $55.0m874.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.7% |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 13G · institution -1.2 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 7.4% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.9 pts · filed 2025-10-17 | 7.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 5 | $19.1m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.6m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $20.8m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $30.3m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $26.1m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-28 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.8m30.8k shares |
| 2022-12-21 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2022-12-14 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $2.2m30.8k shares |
| 2022-12-07 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2022-12-02 | Whiteley Sivan Chief Legal Ofcr. & Corp. Sec. | Sold | $7.1k106 shares |
| 2022-11-30 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2022-11-23 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2022-11-16 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $2.2m30.8k shares |
| 2022-11-09 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.8m30.8k shares |
| 2022-11-02 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.8m30.8k shares |
| 2022-11-02 | Ahuja Amrita Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $224.8k3.8k shares |
| 2022-10-26 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.8m30.8k shares |
| 2022-10-19 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.7m30.8k shares |
| 2022-10-12 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.7m30.8k shares |
| 2022-10-05 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2022-10-04 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $246.3k4.2k shares |
| 2022-10-03 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $297.2k5.4k shares |
| 2022-10-03 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $272.0k5.0k shares |
| 2022-10-03 | Whiteley Sivan Chief Legal Ofcr. & Corp. Sec. | Sold | $220.9k4.0k shares |
| 2022-10-03 | None Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $218.4k4.0k shares |
| 2022-10-03 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $47.8k875 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.0m $2.2bn | Added +1.2m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 25.6m $1.6bn | Added +1.1m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.16% of their portfolio | 21.8m $1.4bn | Reduced -1.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 20.3m $1.3bn | Added +12.6m |
| SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.74% of their portfolio | 15.8m $990.1m | Reduced -121.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.17% of their portfolio | 13.4m $843.8m | Added +1.5m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 11.4m $713.9m | Added +6.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 10.9m $682.6m | Added +63.5k |
| Capital World Investors 0.13% of their portfolio | 9.4m $589.6m | Added +1.3k |
| ARK Investment Management LLC 4.90% of their portfolio | 9.0m $565.8m | Reduced -188.5k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.42% of their portfolio | 8.5m $533.5m | Added +132.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 8.4m $528.3m | Reduced -369.6k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.95% of their portfolio | 7.5m $473.0m | Added +542.3k |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. 6.31% of their portfolio | 7.0m $437.9m | Added +97.2k |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. 15.81% of their portfolio | 6.6m $415.2m | Added +344 |
| NORGES BANK 0.09% of their portfolio | 5.6m $354.0m | Added +427.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 5.5m $344.8m | Added +213.5k |
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC 3.79% of their portfolio | 5.4m $337.7m | Added +393.1k |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP 1.41% of their portfolio | 4.5m $281.8m | Reduced -827.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.0m $248.4m | Reduced -215.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.8m $239.3m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Capital International Investors 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.4m $212.4m | Reduced -492.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.52% of their portfolio | 3.3m $206.7m | New |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 1.31% of their portfolio | 3.2m $202.2m | Added +634.0k |
| HMI Capital Management, L.P. 8.53% of their portfolio | 3.2m $199.4m | Unchanged |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.2m $198.3m | Added +124.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.2m $198.1m | Reduced -38.0k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.35% of their portfolio | 3.0m $186.0m | Reduced -436 |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.9m $183.6m | Reduced -75.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.6m $165.5m | Reduced -177.3k |
| Atreides Management, LP 6.27% of their portfolio | 2.5m $159.0m | Added +234.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.4m $153.2m | Added +1.3m |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.43% of their portfolio | 2.4m $147.9m | Added +1.3m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $147.2m | Added +526.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.50% of their portfolio | 2.2m $140.2m | Added +927.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.2m $139.7m | Added +30.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.2m $136.0m | Added +185.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.2m $135.2m | Reduced -96.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $125.8m | Reduced -545.5k |
| Gladstone Capital Management LLP 15.86% of their portfolio | 2.0m $122.7m | Reduced -87.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.9m $119.7m | Added +429.2k |
| Hyperion Asset Management Ltd 7.74% of their portfolio | 1.9m $119.2m | Reduced -56.5k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.34% of their portfolio | 1.9m $118.5m | Reduced -287.7k |
| TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.45% of their portfolio | 1.9m $118.2m | Reduced -1.9m |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation 22.70% of their portfolio | 1.9m $118.1m | Unchanged |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $114.5m | Added +115.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.6m $101.5m | Reduced -547.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.5m $94.4m | Added +939.4k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.58% of their portfolio | 1.5m $94.3m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $94.0m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $93.9m | Reduced -5.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.3m $83.8m | Added +154.9k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.3m $84.1m | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $81.7m | Added +3.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.1m $70.7m | Reduced -227.3k |
| Contour Asset Management LLC 4.25% of their portfolio | 1.1m $69.0m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $65.7m | First filing |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $65.5m | Added +12.5k |
| AH Equity Partners LSV III, L.L.C. 34.55% of their portfolio | 1.0m $63.9m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $63.6m | Added +1.7k |
| Amundi 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $72.5m | Added +320.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.05% of their portfolio | 986.9k $62.0m | Reduced -92.8k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 948.5k $59.6m | Reduced -764.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 940.4k $59.1m | Added +27.4k |
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 2.16% of their portfolio | 907.9k $57.1m | Unchanged |
| National Pension Service 0.11% of their portfolio | 898.4k $56.5m | Added +64.7k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 1.15% of their portfolio | 895.0k $56.2m | Reduced -535.0k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.10% of their portfolio | 884.7k $55.6m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 871.1k $54.7m | Added +385.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.19% of their portfolio | 862.6k $54.2m | Added +793.8k |
| MONTANOVA CAPITAL, LLC 2.23% of their portfolio | 844.3k $53.1m | Added +182.8k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 842.3k $52.9m | Reduced -8.8k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 796.3k $50.0m | Added +8.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 790.5k $49.7m | Reduced -89.6k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.39% of their portfolio | 786.6k $49.4m | Added +595.8k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.27% of their portfolio | 782.5k $49.2m | Reduced -5.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 762.3k $47.9m | Added +540.4k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.49% of their portfolio | 761.3k $47.8m | Reduced -379.9k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 751.1k $47.2m | Added +37.7k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.06% of their portfolio | 742.5k $46.7m | Added +2.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 739.4k $46.5m | Added +127.6k |
| Alta Park Capital, LP 6.26% of their portfolio | 711.5k $44.7m | New |
| Tairen Capital Ltd 4.94% of their portfolio | 674.5k $42.4m | New |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 654.2k $41.1m | Added +131.7k |
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP 0.69% of their portfolio | 649.5k $40.8m | Added +308.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 647.1k $40.7m | Added +113.1k |
| Steadview Capital Management LLC 11.52% of their portfolio | 589.4k $37.0m | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.14% of their portfolio | 587.3k $36.9m | New |
| Carmignac Gestion 0.66% of their portfolio | 583.4k $36.7m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 582.2k $36.6m | Added +39.8k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 581.2k $36.5m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 576.4k $36.2m | Reduced -14.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 570.5k $35.8m | Reduced -225.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 567.2k $35.6m | Reduced -9.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 566.0k $35.6m | Reduced -122.3k |
| ZEVENBERGEN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC 1.18% of their portfolio | 559.1k $35.1m | Reduced -214.2k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.07% of their portfolio | 553.2k $34.8m | Added +488.5k |
| Mizuho Markets Cayman LP 4.70% of their portfolio | 549.2k $34.5m | Reduced -304.3k |
| Ribbit Bullfrog GP II, Ltd. 29.14% of their portfolio | 521.5k $32.8m | First filing |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.10% of their portfolio | 487.1k $30.6m | Added +16.4k |