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 ($35.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $44.31. Options: 63 managers hold calls ($1.4bn notional), 38 hold puts ($745.8m).
Trends to Q3 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 |
| Q3 2023 | 888 |
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 |
| Q3 2023 | 378 | 492 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $2.4bn | $1.8bn | 0.77 |
| Q1 2023 | $2.7bn | $2.8bn | 1.02 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.9bn | $987.7m | 0.51 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.4bn | $745.8m | 0.53 |
Biggest buyers
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | New | +12.3m |
| Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC | Added | +4.3m |
| LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC | New | +3.9m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +3.3m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +3.2m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +1.2m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +1.1m |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | +1.1m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +981.3k |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +933.0k |
Biggest sellers
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -7.7m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -5.5m |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC | Reduced | -4.2m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -3.9m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -3.7m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Sold out | -3.6m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -2.7m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -1.3m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Sold out | -1.3m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.3m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $304.2m6.9m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $208.6m4.7m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $99.5m2.2m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $95.0m2.1m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $78.5m1.8m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $74.6m1.7m shares |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $70.8m1.6m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $64.6m1.5m shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $50.3m1.1m shares |
| CTC LLC | Added | $41.3m9.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $204.8m4.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $145.8m3.3m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $69.8m1.6m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $37.7m852.1k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | New | $37.4m843.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $35.0m790.5k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $29.9m675.6k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $22.5m508.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $19.6m442.3k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Added | $17.7m400.1k 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 Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $2.6m | $1.4m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-21 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold | $190.3k3.4k shares |
| 2023-08-21 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $149.0k2.6k shares |
| 2023-08-21 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $133.1k2.4k shares |
| 2023-08-21 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $35.5k629 shares |
| 2023-08-21 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold | $34.2k606 shares |
| 2023-07-31 | Summers Lawrence Henry Director | Sold plan | $295.2k3.7k shares |
| 2023-07-19 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold plan | $200.0k2.5k shares |
| 2023-07-11 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold plan | $220.5k3.1k shares |
| 2023-07-06 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold plan | $306.9k4.6k shares |
| 2023-07-03 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold plan | $363.0k5.4k shares |
| 2023-07-03 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $280.4k4.2k shares |
| 2023-07-03 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold | $267.2k4.0k shares |
| 2023-07-03 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $56.7k848 shares |
| 2023-07-03 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold | $50.0k748 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, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.9m $1.5bn | Added +585.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 32.9m $1.5bn | Added +3.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 20.8m $918.6m | Reduced -3.9m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.07% of their portfolio | 15.5m $686.1m | Reduced -2.7m |
| SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.12% of their portfolio | 14.0m $621.5m | Reduced -431.0k |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP 2.21% of their portfolio | 12.3m $545.5m | New |
| Capital World Investors 0.11% of their portfolio | 12.3m $544.5m | Added +933.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.10% of their portfolio | 11.1m $492.7m | Reduced -5.5m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 11.0m $487.6m | Added +141.0k |
| ARK Investment Management LLC 3.69% of their portfolio | 10.9m $481.9m | Added +160.2k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.37% of their portfolio | 10.3m $456.0m | Reduced -74.5k |
| Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC 9.14% of their portfolio | 9.0m $397.1m | Added +4.3m |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. 4.72% of their portfolio | 8.9m $394.5m | Reduced -25.5k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.62% of their portfolio | 8.2m $363.4m | Reduced -257.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 7.6m $336.6m | Added +203.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.05% of their portfolio | 5.6m $249.5m | Reduced -876.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.8m $212.8m | Added +491.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 4.6m $201.9m | Added +3.3m |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. 8.32% of their portfolio | 4.4m $194.7m | Added +11.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.2m $183.9m | Reduced -1.3m |
| LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC 1.66% of their portfolio | 3.9m $172.0m | New |
| HMI Capital Management, L.P. 6.05% of their portfolio | 3.6m $157.4m | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.4m $150.1m | Reduced -445.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.1m $135.7m | Added +59.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $123.6m | Reduced -9.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.35% of their portfolio | 2.7m $118.8m | Added +1.1m |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.08% of their portfolio | 2.6m $116.1m | Added +804.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.5m $112.1m | Added +892.7k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 1.51% of their portfolio | 2.4m $104.9m | Added +850.7k |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.58% of their portfolio | 2.3m $103.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.3m $100.1m | Added +1.2m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $100.0m | Added +808.4k |
| Atreides Management, LP 3.44% of their portfolio | 2.2m $98.9m | Reduced -453.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $93.9m | Added +932.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.0m $90.6m | Added +40.7k |
| Hyperion Asset Management Ltd 4.35% of their portfolio | 2.0m $90.4m | Added +266.0k |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation 10.09% of their portfolio | 1.9m $83.2m | Unchanged |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $80.0m | Reduced -107.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.8m $79.6m | Reduced -186.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.8m $79.6m | Added +600.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.8m $77.5m | Reduced -204.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.6m $72.3m | Added +96.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 1.6m $71.9m | Reduced -704.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $68.1m | Added +18.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $61.5m | Added +109.8k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.4m $60.8m | Added +190.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.3m $57.6m | Reduced -218.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.2m $54.4m | Added +981.3k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $54.1m | Added +115.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $52.1m | Added +385.1k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.2m $51.8m | Added +751.7k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.64% of their portfolio | 1.1m $47.5m | New |
| AH Equity Partners LSV III, L.L.C. 17.18% of their portfolio | 1.0m $45.0m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $44.6m | Reduced -616.3k |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.98% of their portfolio | 946.1k $41.9m | Added +330.6k |
| Ribbit Bullfrog GP II, Ltd. 15.65% of their portfolio | 913.5k $40.4m | Added +150.0k |
| SCGE MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1.05% of their portfolio | 910.5k $40.3m | Unchanged |
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 1.29% of their portfolio | 907.9k $40.2m | Unchanged |
| National Pension Service 0.06% of their portfolio | 900.0k $40.3m | Added +45.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.06% of their portfolio | 840.5k $37.2m | Reduced -31.5k |
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 833.4k $36.9m | Reduced -7.7m |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 825.0k $36.5m | Added +537 |
| Carmignac Gestion 0.66% of their portfolio | 810.5k $35.9m | Added +111.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.03% of their portfolio | 804.2k $35.6m | Added +14.1k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 802.0k $35.5m | Added +33.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 801.4k $35.7m | Added +193.2k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 762.4k $32.9m | Reduced -214.3k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.84% of their portfolio | 758.7k $33.6m | Added +498.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 736.3k $32.5m | Reduced -100.4k |
| Contour Asset Management LLC 1.50% of their portfolio | 711.7k $31.5m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 696.4k $30.8m | Reduced -39.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 672.5k $29.8m | Reduced -7.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 671.0k $29.7m | Reduced -760.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 637.3k $28.2m | Reduced -3.7m |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 636.5k $28.2m | Added +284.3k |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 631.0k $27.9m | Added +299 |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.65% of their portfolio | 626.5k $27.7m | Added +452.2k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 593.9k $26.3m | Added +523.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 582.2k $25.8m | Reduced -208.8k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.06% of their portfolio | 580.3k $25.7m | Added +2.6k |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 576.0k $25.5m | Added +176.0k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.07% of their portfolio | 570.9k $25.3m | Reduced -947.8k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 556.5k $24.6m | Added +136.0k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 551.5k $24.4m | Reduced -121.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 538.9k $23.9m | Reduced -22.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.05% of their portfolio | 528.0k $23.4m | Reduced -864.1k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 512.6k $22.7m | Reduced -43.4k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.83% of their portfolio | 500.0k $22.1m | Added +250.0k |
| Gladstone Capital Management LLP 2.24% of their portfolio | 495.9k $21.9m | Reduced -310.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 486.4k $21.5m | Reduced -152.7k |
| Think Investments LP 4.85% of their portfolio | 473.3k $20.9m | Added +57.1k |
| Tekne Capital Management, LLC 7.67% of their portfolio | 469.5k $20.8m | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 468.9k $20.8m | Reduced -37.4k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 460.0k $20.4m | Added +317.6k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 433.2k $19.2m | Reduced -8.9k |
| Man Group plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 432.6k $19.1m | New |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.75% of their portfolio | 407.4k $18.0m | Added +218.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 404.0k $17.9m | Reduced -121.0k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 403.3k $17.9m | Reduced -22.9k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 395.9k $17.5m | Added +114.9k |