Block, Inc.
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SecuritySQ / Block, Inc.
InstitutionAdvisor Group, Inc.
Latest Disclosed Ownership49,824 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 3,117,000
Advisor Group, Inc. ownership in SQ / Block, Inc.

On February 12, 2020 - Advisor Group, Inc. filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 49,824 shares of Block, Inc. (US:SQ) valued at $3,116,989 USD as of December 31, 2019. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on November 13, 2019 disclosing 61,147 shares of Block, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of -18.52% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $4,332,695 USD.

Advisor Group, Inc. has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (SQ) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 30 of underlying shares valued at $7,000 USD and put options representing 2 of underlying shares valued at $1,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

SQ / Block, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 49,824 -11,323 -18.52 3,117 -17.71 0.0216
2019-11-13 2019-09-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 61,147 -1,531 -2.44 3,788 -16.66 0.0280
2019-07-31 2019-06-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 62,678 9,851 18.65 4,545 14.86 0.0349
2019-05-09 2019-03-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 52,827 -4,667 -8.12 3,957 22.70 0.0326
2019-02-11 2018-12-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 57,494 3,069 5.64 3,225 -40.13 0.0317
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 54,425 22,579 70.90 5,387 174.43 0.0543
2018-08-13 2018-06-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 31,846 1,407 4.62 1,963 31.04 0.0270
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 30,439 21,328 234.09 1,498 374.05 0.0206
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 9,111 3,240 55.19 316 86.98 0.0042
2017-11-06 2017-09-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 5,871 -1,724 -22.70 169 -4.52 0.0027
2017-11-03 2017-06-30 13F/A-1 SQUARE CL A 852234103 7,595 -2,405 -24.05 177 2.91 0.0031
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 7,595 -2,405 70
2017-11-02 2017-03-31 13F/A-1 SQUARE CL A 852234103 10,000 -5,377 -34.97 172 -17.70 0.0035
2017-05-15 2017-03-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 10,000 -5,377 93
2017-11-02 2016-12-31 13F/A-1 SQUARE CL A 852234103 15,377 4,566 42.23 209 65.87 0.0047
2017-01-31 2016-12-31 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 15,377 4,566 147
2017-11-02 2016-09-30 13F/A-1 SQUARE CL A 852234103 10,811 3,985 58.38 126 106.56 0.0030
2016-11-08 2016-09-30 13F SQUARE CL A 852234103 10,811 3,985 73
2016-08-11 2016-06-30 13F SQUARE COM 852234103 6,826 6,826 61 0.0016
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F SQUARE INC CALL CL A Call 30 200.00 7 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-13 2019-09-30 13F SQUARE INC CALL CL A Call 10 0 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F SQUARE INC PUT CL A Put 2 1 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-11 2018-12-31 13F SQUARE INC PUT CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F SQUARE INC PUT CL A Put 1 0 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.