Block, Inc. (SQ)
Vertical SaaSSaaS Metrics & Investor Data โ Q4 2018
About Block, Inc.
Block, Inc. (XYZ) is a publicly traded SaaS company in the Vertical SaaS sector, with its financial and operating metrics tracked across SEC EDGAR filings on SaaSDB. The company recorded $3M in trailing revenue, growing at 44.8% year-over-year โ placing it firmly in the high-growth tier for public SaaS companies. At 323.2% gross margin, Block, Inc. demonstrates best-in-class unit economics relative to the public SaaS median of approximately 70%. Block, Inc.'s Rule of 40 score of 120.4 is top-quartile by institutional standards, where scores above 40 indicate a healthy balance between growth and capital efficiency. The market currently assigns Block, Inc. a growth-tier valuation at 12.6x EV/Revenue, reflecting investor expectations around its growth and profitability trajectory. A free cash flow margin of 75.6% positions the company as highly cash-generative โ an increasingly important criterion as investor focus has shifted toward SaaS profitability. As part of the Vertical SaaS cohort on SaaSDB, Block, Inc. is benchmarked against sector peers across all key operating and valuation metrics, sourced from SEC EDGAR filings and updated quarterly.
Block, Inc. (SQ) is a Vertical SaaS SaaS company with a market cap of $40.5B as of Q4 2018. The company trades at 11.4x EV/Revenue and has delivered +44.8% revenue growth year-over-year. With a gross margin of 324% and FCF margin of 54.8%, Block, Inc. scores 100 on the Rule of 40 โ placing it in the top quartile of public SaaS companies tracked by SaaSDB.
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EV/Revenue is 11.4x (sector median: 3.1x) โ trading at a premium of 8.3x relative to peers.
Rule of 40 is 99.5% (sector median: 29.9%) โ outperforming peers by 69.6%.
Revenue Growth is 44.8% (sector median: 15.5%) โ outperforming peers by 29.3%.
Gross Margin is 324.4% (sector median: 74.2%) โ outperforming peers by 250.2%.
FCF Margin is 54.8% (sector median: 11.9%) โ outperforming peers by 42.9%.
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