Square Inc (SQ) Stock Surges Ahead of Its Q1 Report

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Shares of payment processor Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) are marching up and out of a three-month consolidation range as investors prepare for the company’s earnings report later this month. That has SQ stock … well, squarely at fresh all-time highs.

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The company, led by Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) co-founder Jack Dorsey, has recently been aggressively diversifying via acquisitions into new business verticals such as food delivery, locality-based social networking, loans, and software services.

Other recent efforts including the teasing of a Square debit card as the next logical step of the Square Cash virtual debit card.

Competitors are closing in as well, however, with Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unveiling Gmail for Android that will allow users to send money directly through the app and reports Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) might introduce a money transfer service.

Still, momentum is on Square’s side, with investors blatantly driving SQ stock higher with just days to go before its next quarterly report.

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Square, which came public in late 2015, traded higher in late February after reporting better-than-expected earnings of 5 cents per share (vs. a 5-cent loss in the year prior) on a 42.7% rise in revenue to $191.9 million.

Management guided Q1 earnings between breakeven and 2 cents per share on revenues of upwards of $193 million on growth driven by increased transaction volume in its payment processing network as well as subscription and services-based revenue to small businesses.

Square will next report results on Wednesday, May 3, after the close. Analysts are looking for earnings of two cents per share on revenues of $193.3 million.

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