MARKET COMPOSITE
SQ - Square Inc8:00:23 PM 4/23/2024
Price
$75.21
+ 3.61 (5.04%)
Square, Inc. is an American financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company based in San Francisco, California. The company markets software and hardware payments products and has expanded into small business services. The company was founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey and launched its first app and service in 2010. It has been traded as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange since November 2015 with the ticker symbol SQ. The original inspiration for Square occurred to Jack Dorsey in 2009 when Jim McKelvey was unable to complete a $2,000 sale of his glass faucets and fittings because he could not accept credit cards.
Financials
Quarterly financials
(USD)Dec 2023Q/Q
Revenue5.8B+3%
Gross Profit2B+7%
Cost Of Revenue3.7B+1%
Operating Income-130.7MM-
Operating Expenses2.2B-
Net Income178.1MM-715%
R&D685.4MM-4%
G&A746.2MM+55%
Marketing506MM+6%
Provision175.7MM-1%
Amortization43.1MM-24%
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