Block, Inc. Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call

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  • Total Gross Profit: $2.29B, up 9% YoY (Q1 2024 comparison).
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $813M, up 15% YoY.
  • Adjusted Operating Income: $466M, up 28% YoY.
  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow (TTM): $1.53B, up from $1.07B YoY.
  • Share Buybacks: $600M repurchased through April 2025, more planned in 2025.

Segment Performance

  • Square:
    • Gross profit up 9% YoY.
    • GPV up 7.2% YoY; 8.2% on constant currency basis.
    • Marked growth in target verticals and sustained seller acquisition ROI (5–7 quarter payback).
    • Product and go-to-market traction seen, with new upmarket sellers signed and robust partner channels.
    • April 2025 GPV up 9.6% YoY (preliminary).
  • Cash App:
    • Gross profit up 10% YoY.
    • Gross profit per monthly transacting active: $81.
    • Underperformance due to seasonal shifts in tax refund behavior and decline in discretionary spend.
    • Non-discretionary spend (e.g., grocery, gas) more resilient.

2025 Guidance

  • Full-Year Gross Profit: Expected to grow 12% YoY to $9.96B.

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Operator: Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Block First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Today’s call will be 45 minutes. I would now like to turn the call over to your host, Nikhil Dixit, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Nikhil Dixit: Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining our first quarter 2025 earnings call. We have Jack and Amrita with us today. We will begin this call with some short remarks before opening the call directly to your questions. During Q&A, we will take questions from conference call participants. We would also like to remind everyone that we will be making forward-looking statements on this call. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed to be forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include discussions of our outlook, strategy and guidance as well as our long-term targets and goals. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including changes in macroeconomic conditions. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements. Reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. Please take a look at our filings with the SEC for a discussion of the factors that could cause our results to differ. Also note that the forward-looking statements, including earnings guidance for 2025, discussed on this call are based on information available to us and assumptions we believe are reasonable as of today’s date. We dis

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