Block Shares Climb 7% After Hours on Fiscal Year Outlook
24 Febbraio 2023 - 12:35AM
Dow Jones News
By Sabela Ojea
Shares of Block Inc. on Thursday climbed after the
mobile-payment company said it expects to close 2023 with growth in
adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization.
Shares rose 7.3% to $79.55 in after-hours trading.
Square-parent Block forecasts an adjusted Ebitda of $1.30
billion for 2023, up from $921.3 million for the prior year, and in
line with analysts expectations, according to FactSet.
The company's guidance comes amid a slightly
higher-than-expected rise in revenue.
Revenue increased 14% to $4.65 billion, just above analysts
expectations of $4.63 billion. Transaction-based revenue climbed
13% to $1.47 billion in the period.
Block's net loss, on the other hand, widened to $114 million, or
19 cents a share, compared with a loss of $77 million, or 17 cents
a share, for the same period a year earlier.
Stripping out one-time items, the company's earnings came in at
22 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast
adjusted earnings a share of 30 cents.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 23, 2023 18:20 ET (23:20 GMT)
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