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 ($89.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $66.55. Options: 64 managers hold calls ($1.9bn notional), 40 hold puts ($987.7m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 971 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,008 |
| Q1 2023 | 996 |
| Q2 2023 | 970 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 415 | 515 |
| Q1 2023 | 452 | 475 |
| Q2 2023 | 385 | 512 |
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 |
| Q1 2023 | $2.7bn | $2.8bn | 1.02 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.9bn | $987.7m | 0.51 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +4.8m |
| Atreides Management, LP | New | +2.7m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +2.6m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Added | +1.8m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +1.7m |
| Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC | Added | +1.6m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +1.5m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | +1.5m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | +1.3m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | New | +1.3m |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -43.6m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -11.2m |
| Capital International Investors | Sold out | -5.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -4.3m |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | Sold out | -2.4m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.1m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Reduced | -2.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -2.0m |
| TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -1.6m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Reduced | -1.5m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $338.1m5.1m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $301.7m4.5m shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $128.8m1.9m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $116.4m1.7m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $108.1m1.6m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $107.9m1.6m shares |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $106.5m1.6m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $93.9m1.4m shares |
| CTC LLC | Reduced | $59.6m9.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $49.4m766.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $296.5m4.5m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $251.5m3.8m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $61.2m919.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $48.1m722.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $35.9m558.3k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $33.0m495.5k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Added | $25.3m379.8k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $24.4m367.0k shares |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | New | $24.0m360.0k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $22.5m338.4k 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 Q2 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $33.0m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $12.2m | $10.6m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | Summers Lawrence Henry Director | Sold plan | $242.4k3.7k shares |
| 2023-05-30 | Summers Lawrence Henry Director | Sold plan | $215.2k3.7k shares |
| 2023-05-22 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold | $200.8k3.4k shares |
| 2023-05-22 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $158.0k2.6k shares |
| 2023-05-22 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $140.5k2.4k shares |
| 2023-05-22 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $37.5k629 shares |
| 2023-05-22 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold | $36.1k606 shares |
| 2023-05-03 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold plan | $1.8m30.8k shares |
| 2023-04-26 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold plan | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2023-04-19 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold plan | $1.9m30.8k shares |
| 2023-04-12 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold plan | $2.0m30.8k shares |
| 2023-04-05 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold plan | $2.1m30.8k shares |
| 2023-04-05 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold plan | $440.0k6.5k shares |
| 2023-04-03 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $369.0k5.5k shares |
| 2023-04-03 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $288.6k4.3k shares |
| 2023-04-03 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold | $271.1k4.0k shares |
| 2023-04-03 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $59.4k887 shares |
| 2023-04-03 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold | $55.7k832 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, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 34.3m $2.3bn | Reduced -1.3m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 29.7m $2.0bn | Added +4.8m |
| FMR LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 24.6m $1.6bn | Reduced -43.6m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.12% of their portfolio | 18.2m $1.2bn | Reduced -4.3m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.21% of their portfolio | 16.6m $1.1bn | Added +2.6m |
| SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.99% of their portfolio | 14.5m $963.5m | Reduced -475.6k |
| Capital World Investors 0.15% of their portfolio | 11.4m $756.8m | Added +55.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 10.9m $724.0m | Reduced -223.6k |
| ARK Investment Management LLC 4.73% of their portfolio | 10.7m $714.1m | Added +256.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.54% of their portfolio | 10.4m $690.8m | Added +643.8k |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. 6.26% of their portfolio | 8.9m $594.7m | Added +731.1k |
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC 2.77% of their portfolio | 8.5m $565.2m | Reduced -1.4m |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.91% of their portfolio | 8.5m $563.7m | Added +479.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 7.4m $492.5m | Added +1.7m |
| NORGES BANK 0.09% of their portfolio | 6.5m $433.6m | Added +1.1m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.4m $360.7m | Reduced -2.0m |
| Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC 6.44% of their portfolio | 4.7m $311.9m | Added +1.6m |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. 10.10% of their portfolio | 4.4m $292.1m | Added +325.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.3m $287.4m | Added +437.7k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.45% of their portfolio | 4.3m $285.8m | Added +547.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.3m $285.5m | Reduced -748.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.8m $255.5m | Reduced -782.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 1.05% of their portfolio | 3.6m $241.2m | Added +1.8m |
| HMI Capital Management, L.P. 8.41% of their portfolio | 3.6m $236.8m | Added +383.5k |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 1.33% of their portfolio | 3.3m $222.6m | Added +483.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $200.1m | Reduced -66.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.8m $186.5m | Added +83.3k |
| Atreides Management, LP 5.43% of their portfolio | 2.7m $178.9m | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 2.3m $155.0m | Added +1.5m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $133.5m | Added +136.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.0m $132.1m | Added +253.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.0m $130.2m | Reduced -177.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.9m $131.5m | Unchanged |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation 15.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $125.1m | Unchanged |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $121.1m | Reduced -108.0k |
| Hyperion Asset Management Ltd 5.32% of their portfolio | 1.8m $118.3m | Added +127.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.6m $109.1m | Reduced -370.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $108.1m | Reduced -412.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.40% of their portfolio | 1.6m $103.3m | Added +1.3m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.5m $102.4m | New |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $101.2m | Added +30.6k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 1.95% of their portfolio | 1.5m $101.2m | Added +568.3k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.5m $101.1m | Added +35.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.5m $101.1m | Reduced -749.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.5m $98.3m | Added +1.2m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $96.7m | Reduced -2.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.4m $95.3m | Added +736.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $94.9m | Added +1.2m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.4m $92.7m | Reduced -1.5m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.3m $89.8m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $86.6m | New |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $85.2m | Added +416.4k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $82.5m | Reduced -2.1m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.2m $79.7m | Reduced -147.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $79.1m | Added +318.0k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.2m $78.8m | Added +40.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.1m $74.9m | Added +897.5k |
| Trivest Advisors Ltd 2.57% of their portfolio | 1.1m $74.6m | New |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.1m $73.7m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $71.8m | Added +144.4k |
| AH Equity Partners LSV III, L.L.C. 23.33% of their portfolio | 1.0m $67.7m | Unchanged |
| Amundi 0.03% of their portfolio | 976.7k $64.7m | Added +439.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.18% of their portfolio | 946.2k $63.0m | Added +841.0k |
| SCGE MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1.43% of their portfolio | 910.5k $60.6m | Unchanged |
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 1.93% of their portfolio | 907.9k $60.4m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.08% of their portfolio | 871.9k $58.0m | Reduced -69.4k |
| National Pension Service 0.09% of their portfolio | 854.3k $55.0m | Reduced -303.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 836.7k $55.7m | Reduced -44.9k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 1.09% of their portfolio | 826.6k $55.0m | New |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 824.4k $54.9m | Added +10.5k |
| Gladstone Capital Management LLP 5.92% of their portfolio | 806.1k $53.7m | Reduced -854.1k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 795.6k $52.7m | Added +414.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 791.1k $52.7m | Reduced -351.4k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.03% of their portfolio | 791.0k $52.7m | Added +150.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.05% of their portfolio | 790.1k $52.6m | Reduced -27.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 768.4k $51.1m | Added +9.3k |
| Ribbit Bullfrog GP II, Ltd. 28.34% of their portfolio | 763.5k $50.8m | Added +165.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 735.8k $49.0m | Reduced -67.3k |
| Carmignac Gestion 0.80% of their portfolio | 699.4k $46.6m | Added +120.0k |
| ZEVENBERGEN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC 1.09% of their portfolio | 688.6k $45.8m | Added +52.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 679.7k $45.2m | Added +115.5k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 673.1k $44.8m | Reduced -156.0k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 4.14% of their portfolio | 662.3k $44.1m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 639.2k $42.5m | Reduced -293.1k |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 630.7k $42.0m | Added +200.7k |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.87% of their portfolio | 615.5k $41.0m | Added +146.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 608.2k $40.4m | Reduced -36.6k |
| MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.98% of their portfolio | 604.4k $40.2m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 577.7k $38.5m | Reduced -78 |
| Steadview Capital Management LLC 9.41% of their portfolio | 573.6k $38.2m | Unchanged |
| Man Group plc 0.12% of their portfolio | 571.3k $38.0m | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.11% of their portfolio | 566.2k $37.7m | Added +43.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 561.1k $37.4m | Reduced -20.3k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 556.0k $37.0m | Added +30.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 534.0k $35.5m | Added +85.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 525.0k $34.9m | Reduced -61.4k |
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP 0.82% of their portfolio | 506.9k $33.7m | Reduced -112.9k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 506.2k $33.7m | Reduced -75.6k |
| Ardmore Road Asset Management LP 10.03% of their portfolio | 500.0k $33.3m | Added +440.0k |
| Tekne Capital Management, LLC 9.70% of their portfolio | 469.5k $31.3m | Reduced -2.8k |