Block, Inc. Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Key Financial Highlights (FY 2024 vs. FY 2023)

  • Gross Profit: $8.89 billion, up 18% YoY (Square up 15%, Cash App up 21%).
  • Gross Profit Retention: Over 100% for both Square and Cash App.
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $3.03 billion, up 69% YoY.
  • Adjusted Operating Income: $1.61 billion, over 4.5x YoY increase with 13-point margin expansion.
  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow: $2.07 billion, up from $515 million in 2023.
  • Rule of 40: Achieved 36.5% for 2024, up 7 points YoY.

Q4 2024 Operational Highlights

  • Square GPV: Grew 10% YoY; U.S. GPV up 6.9% (200 bps sequential improvement).
  • Cash App: Paycheck deposit actives reached 2.5 million in December, up 25% YoY; Cash Card MAUs at 25 million.
  • Cash App Borrow: Ended the year with 5 million monthly actives.

2025 Outlook and Guidance

  • Gross Profit: At least $10.22 billion (15% YoY growth), despite 50 bps FX headwind.
  • Adjusted Operating Income: Projected at $2.1 billion (21% margin), +240 bps YoY.
  • Investment Areas: Over 20% increase in acquisition spend across Cash App and Square.

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Operator: Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Block Fourth Quarter 2024 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 fourth quarter 2024 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. 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 on this call are based on information available to us as of today's date. We disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Further, any discussion during this call of o

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