Roelof Botha - BLOCK INC Independent Director

SQDelisted Stock  USD 86.96  0.04  0.05%   

Director

Mr. Roelof Frederick Botha is Independent Director of the company. he has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2011. Since January 2003, Mr. Botha has served in various positions at Sequoia Capital, a VC firm, including as a Managing Member of Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Botha served in various positions at PayPal, Inc., including as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Botha currently serves on the boards of directors of Eventbrite, Inc., Natera, Inc. and MongoDB, Inc. and a number of privatelyheld companies, and previously served on the board of directors of Xoom Corporation until it was acquired by PayPal, Inc. in November 2015 since 2011.
Age 47
Tenure 14 years
Professional MarksMBA
Phone415 375 3176
Webhttps://www.block.xyz
Botha holds a B.S. in Actuarial Science, Economics and Statistics from the University of Cape Town and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Roelof Botha Latest Insider Activity

Tracking and analyzing the buying and selling activities of Roelof Botha against BLOCK INC stock is an integral part of due diligence when investing in BLOCK INC. Roelof Botha insider activity provides valuable insight into whether BLOCK INC is net buyers or sellers over its current business cycle. Note, BLOCK INC insiders must abide by specific rules, including filing SEC forms every time they buy or sell BLOCK INC'sshares to prevent insider trading or benefiting illegally from material non-public information that their positions give them access to.

BLOCK INC Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset (ROA) of 0.0173 % which means that for every $100 of assets, it generated a profit of $0.0173. This is way below average. Likewise, it shows a return on total equity (ROE) of 0.0543 %, which means that it produced $0.0543 on every 100 dollars invested by current stockholders. BLOCK INC's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well BLOCK INC manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
BLOCK INC reports 6.07 B of total liabilities with total debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.33, which is normal for its line of buisiness. BLOCK INC has a current ratio of 1.82, which is generally considered normal. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for BLOCK to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Block, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, creates tools that enables sellers to accept card payments and provides reporting and analytics, and next-day settlement. Block, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California. Block operates under SoftwareInfrastructure classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 8521 people. BLOCK INC (SQ) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 1955 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States, 94612 and employs 12,000 people. BLOCK INC is listed under Business Services category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

BLOCK INC Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the BLOCK INC's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: BLOCK INC inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of BLOCK. The board's role is to monitor BLOCK INC's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. BLOCK INC's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, BLOCK INC's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Darren Walker, Independent Director
Owen Jennings, Head Business
Shawn Carter, Director
James McKelvey, Independent Director
Jack Dorsey, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Sharon Rothstein, Director
Jacqueline Reses, Square Capital Lead and People Lead
Amy Brooks, Independent Director
Sivan Whiteley, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Mike Brock, Chief TBD
Ajmere Dale, Chief Accounting Officer
Lawrence Summers, Independent Director
Paul Deighton, Independent Director
Brian Grassadonia, Cash App Lead
Mary Meeker, Independent Director
Randall Garutti, Independent Director
Felicia Mayo, People Lead
Roelof Botha, Independent Director
Alyssa Henry, Seller Lead
Jesse Dorogusker, Tidal Lead
Jason Lee, Head Relations
Chrysty Esperanza, Corporate Secretary
Nikhil Dixit, Head Relations
Amrita Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer
Anna Patterson, Independent Director
David Viniar, Lead Independent Director

BLOCK Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is BLOCK INC a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.

Pair Trading with BLOCK INC

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if BLOCK INC position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in BLOCK INC will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to BLOCK INC could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace BLOCK INC when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back BLOCK INC - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling BLOCK INC to buy it.
The correlation of BLOCK INC is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as BLOCK INC moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if BLOCK INC moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for BLOCK INC can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Consideration for investing in BLOCK Stock

If you are still planning to invest in BLOCK INC check if it may still be traded through OTC markets such as Pink Sheets or OTC Bulletin Board. You may also purchase it directly from the company, but this is not always possible and may require contacting the company directly. Please note that delisted stocks are often considered to be more risky investments, as they are no longer subject to the same regulatory and reporting requirements as listed stocks. Therefore, it is essential to carefully research the BLOCK INC's history and understand the potential risks before investing.
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