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 ($92.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $77.30. Options: 66 managers hold calls ($3.2bn notional), 36 hold puts ($1.6bn).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,031 |
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 494 | 430 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $2.7bn | $2.8bn | 1.02 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.9bn | $987.7m | 0.51 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.4bn | $745.8m | 0.53 |
| Q4 2023 | $3.2bn | $1.6bn | 0.51 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +20.7m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +8.1m |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Added | +5.8m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +3.6m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | New | +3.1m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +2.9m |
| LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC | Added | +2.7m |
| Trivest Advisors Ltd | New | +2.0m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | +2.0m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +1.7m |
Biggest sellers
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | Sold out | -12.3m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -3.9m |
| Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC | Reduced | -2.8m |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -2.6m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -2.6m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -2.6m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -1.4m |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Atreides Management, LP | Reduced | -1.4m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $687.7m8.9m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $421.2m5.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $257.0m3.3m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $180.0m2.3m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $165.0m2.1m shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $157.2m2.0m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $145.3m1.9m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $144.7m1.9m shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $95.7m1.2m shares |
| CTC LLC | Added | $91.8m11.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $413.2m5.3m shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $224.8m2.9m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $213.4m2.8m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $211.7m2.7m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $82.1m1.1m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $71.4m922.5k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $58.3m753.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $57.9m747.9k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $47.9m618.7k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $40.5m523.3k 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $27.5m | 5 | $2.1m | $783.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-20 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold plan | $294.7k3.8k shares |
| 2023-12-14 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold plan | $37.5k500 shares |
| 2023-11-28 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold plan | $251.2k3.9k shares |
| 2023-11-24 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold plan | $200.4k3.3k shares |
| 2023-11-21 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold | $197.2k3.4k shares |
| 2023-11-21 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $154.4k2.6k shares |
| 2023-11-21 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold | $44.2k756 shares |
| 2023-11-21 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $36.9k630 shares |
| 2023-11-13 | BOTHA ROELOF Director · Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I, L.P. | Bought | $1.2m23.4k shares |
| 2023-11-10 | BOTHA ROELOF Director · Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I, L.P. | Bought | $778.2k15.3k shares |
| 2023-11-09 | BOTHA ROELOF Director · Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I, L.P. | Bought | $327.0k6.4k shares |
| 2023-11-08 | BOTHA ROELOF Director · Sequoia Capital US/E Expansion Fund I, L.P. | Bought | $25.2m495.5k shares |
| 2023-10-04 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $192.5k4.6k shares |
| 2023-10-02 | Grassadonia Brian Cash App Lead | Sold | $240.8k5.4k shares |
| 2023-10-02 | Henry Alyssa Square Lead | Sold | $185.3k4.2k shares |
| 2023-10-02 | Ahuja Amrita CFO & COO | Sold | $176.6k4.0k shares |
| 2023-10-02 | Dale Ajmere Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $37.4k847 shares |
| 2023-10-02 | Esperanza Chrysty Counsel Lead | Sold | $33.0k748 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, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.12% of their portfolio | 36.2m $2.8bn | Added +20.7m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 36.2m $2.8bn | Added +1.3m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 34.7m $2.7bn | Added +1.7m |
| FMR LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 22.2m $1.7bn | Added +1.4m |
| SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.23% of their portfolio | 13.7m $1.1bn | Reduced -293.7k |
| Capital World Investors 0.17% of their portfolio | 12.5m $967.9m | Added +212.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05% of their portfolio | 12.2m $947.2m | Added +8.1m |
| ARK Investment Management LLC 5.44% of their portfolio | 11.9m $919.5m | Added +1.0m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 11.5m $891.4m | Added +507.1k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.59% of their portfolio | 10.4m $802.7m | Added +75.2k |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. 6.68% of their portfolio | 9.0m $694.7m | Added +71.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 8.6m $662.5m | Reduced -2.6m |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.96% of their portfolio | 8.1m $624.8m | Reduced -132.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 8.0m $616.5m | Added +369.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.09% of their portfolio | 6.8m $529.0m | Added +1.2m |
| LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC 4.42% of their portfolio | 6.6m $511.0m | Added +2.7m |
| Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC 10.41% of their portfolio | 6.2m $479.4m | Reduced -2.8m |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.36% of their portfolio | 5.9m $459.1m | Added +5.8m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.07% of their portfolio | 4.7m $362.4m | Reduced -123.2k |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. 13.62% of their portfolio | 4.5m $347.1m | Added +87.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 4.3m $336.4m | Added +3.6m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 3.6m $279.3m | Added +2.9m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.6m $276.7m | Added +185.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.3m $253.5m | Added +1.7m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.58% of their portfolio | 3.1m $239.4m | Added +1.5m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.56% of their portfolio | 3.1m $237.9m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $232.4m | Reduced -60.8k |
| HMI Capital Management, L.P. 9.96% of their portfolio | 3.0m $229.7m | Reduced -587.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.8m $217.8m | Added +24.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.5m $195.8m | Added +734.2k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 2.5m $195.6m | Added +905.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.5m $195.4m | Reduced -5.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.35% of their portfolio | 2.5m $192.3m | Added +2.0m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.3m $177.9m | Added +39.8k |
| Hyperion Asset Management Ltd 7.29% of their portfolio | 2.3m $177.2m | Added +248.8k |
| Amundi 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.3m $158.6m | Added +1.5m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $167.6m | Added +121.0k |
| Trivest Advisors Ltd 7.14% of their portfolio | 2.0m $157.0m | New |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.9m $146.6m | Added +672.6k |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation 15.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $145.4m | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.8m $137.2m | Added +474.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.8m $136.7m | Reduced -40.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $133.4m | Added +334.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.7m $132.9m | Reduced -32.4k |
| Gladstone Capital Management LLP 15.47% of their portfolio | 1.7m $132.0m | Added +1.2m |
| Walleye Trading LLC 1.95% of their portfolio | 1.7m $129.4m | Added +1.0m |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 1.5m $117.6m | Added +944.0k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.47% of their portfolio | 1.3m $101.6m | Added +143.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $96.2m | Added +1.0m |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.2m $95.8m | Reduced -135.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.2m $90.9m | Added +960.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $89.5m | Added +149.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $79.7m | Added +447.9k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.0m $79.5m | Added +202.3k |
| a16z Capital Management, L.L.C. 4.84% of their portfolio | 1.0m $78.6m | First filing |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $77.8m | Reduced -1.3m |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 987.1k $76.4m | Added +963.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.06% of their portfolio | 962.4k $74.4m | Added +158.2k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 1.28% of their portfolio | 943.4k $73.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| National Pension Service 0.10% of their portfolio | 914.4k $70.7m | Added +14.4k |
| Ribbit Management Company, LLC 5.97% of their portfolio | 913.5k $70.7m | First filing |
| SCGE MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1.57% of their portfolio | 910.5k $70.4m | Unchanged |
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 2.23% of their portfolio | 907.9k $70.2m | Unchanged |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 1.26% of their portfolio | 902.1k $69.8m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 846.0k $65.4m | Added +5.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 839.6k $64.9m | Added +202.3k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 834.3k $64.5m | New |
| Atreides Management, LP 2.31% of their portfolio | 830.1k $64.2m | Reduced -1.4m |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 825.5k $63.9m | Reduced -350.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 750.1k $58.0m | Reduced -51.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 713.7k $55.2m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 693.2k $53.6m | Added +154.4k |
| Castle Hook Partners LP 3.34% of their portfolio | 691.7k $53.5m | New |
| Carmignac Gestion 0.89% of their portfolio | 683.3k $52.9m | Reduced -127.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 674.8k $52.2m | Reduced -1.4m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 671.7k $52.0m | Reduced -3.9m |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 669.1k $51.8m | Reduced -27.3k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.12% of their portfolio | 668.9k $51.7m | Added +235.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 667.8k $51.7m | Reduced -4.6k |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 639.9k $49.5m | Added +8.9k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.10% of their portfolio | 599.4k $46.4m | Added +19.1k |
| Think Investments LP 10.95% of their portfolio | 568.9k $44.0m | Added +95.6k |
| SC US (TTGP), LTD. 0.35% of their portfolio | 556.4k $43.0m | Added +540.6k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 551.6k $42.7m | Added +135 |
| BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. 0.49% of their portfolio | 536.8k $41.6m | Added +387.6k |
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 536.4k $41.5m | Reduced -297.0k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.27% of their portfolio | 500.0k $38.7m | Unchanged |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 491.8k $38.0m | Added +185.1k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 489.6k $37.9m | Reduced -23.0k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.61% of their portfolio | 488.7k $37.8m | New |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 477.4k $36.9m | Added +8.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 471.5k $36.5m | Reduced -15.0k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 464.4k $35.9m | Added +68.6k |
| Senator Investment Group LP 1.49% of their portfolio | 450.0k $34.8m | Not comparable |
| Twin Tree Management, LP 0.62% of their portfolio | 444.5k $34.4m | Added +159.4k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.08% of their portfolio | 437.4k $33.8m | Reduced -133.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 436.6k $33.8m | Added +50.2k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.09% of their portfolio | 427.0k $33.0m | Added +23.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.02% of their portfolio | 420.1k $32.5m | Added +95.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 416.6k $32.2m | Reduced -219.8k |