Square’s POWR Ratings Decline Into Earnings Report
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Published May 06, 2021 03:26PM ET
Updated May 06, 2021 04:30PM ET
Square’s POWR Ratings Decline Into Earnings Report
Square (SQ) reports earnings today. Since its last report, its POWR Ratings have slightly declined. Read more to get a sense of why the stock has lagged the market in the last couple of months.Square (SQ) is a financial technology company with two units - a payment processing arm and a consumer-facing app. One unit helps small businesses accept card payments, provides reporting and analytics, and offers financing services. The company also has a consumer app for digital payments, wallets, crypto, and wealth management that has 36 million active users.
SQ’s stock price has been essentially flat since mid-January. However, during that time period, its POWR Ratings have endured a modest decline. This has come as SQ has underperformed the S&P 500 which was up 11% over this period.
Some of the reasons for its underperformance and decline in the POWR Ratings are a drop in its Momentum and Quality scores and a rough market climate for high-multiple, tech stocks.
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