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<ul><li>Block delivered a decent set of results with an all-around beat and good profitability during the last quarter.</li><li>Its BNPL platform produced $150 million in gross profit in the third quarter, distributed between Square and Cash App.</li><li>Inflows per active user have been improving in the third quarter compared to the first and second quarters and stable year over year.</li></ul>

Block delivered a decent set of results with an all-around beat and good profitability during the last quarter.Its BNPL platform produced $150 million in gross profit in the third quarter, distributed between Square and Cash App.Inflows per active user have been improving in the third quarter compared to the first and second quarters and stable year over year.

Block Inc (formerly Square Inc): Continuing Bullish Approach Towards Crypto

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> confirmed that it has “received approaches from several parties expressing interest in a potential change of control transaction, including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/westpac-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:444:1" rel="noopener">Westpac Banking (WBC AU)</a>.”</li>
<li>Tyro previously rejected a A$1.27 offer from the Potentia consortium. Grok's get-out clause with Potentia sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share.</li>
<li>The last close of A$1.59 is higher than the floor price. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing offer of around A$2.</li>
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Tyro Payments (TYR AU) confirmed that it has “received approaches from several parties expressing interest in a potential change of control transaction, including Westpac Banking (WBC AU).”
Tyro previously rejected a A$1.27 offer from the Potentia consortium. Grok's get-out clause with Potentia sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share.
The last close of A$1.59 is higher than the floor price. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing offer of around A$2.


Tyro Confirms Westpac as One of the Interested Suitors

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> rejected an indicative proposal from the Potentia consortium at A$1.27 per share as it was highly conditional and materially undervalued the business.</li>
<li>Grok, the largest shareholder will vote for a Potentia scheme unless there is a rival scheme which is A$0.25 per share higher than the value of the Potentia proposal.</li>
<li>Potentia's move puts Tyro in play, and Grok’s involvement will force the Board to get an improved offer and/or flush out a competing bidder. There is another round to go.</li>
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Tyro Payments (TYR AU) rejected an indicative proposal from the Potentia consortium at A$1.27 per share as it was highly conditional and materially undervalued the business.
Grok, the largest shareholder will vote for a Potentia scheme unless there is a rival scheme which is A$0.25 per share higher than the value of the Potentia proposal.
Potentia's move puts Tyro in play, and Grok’s involvement will force the Board to get an improved offer and/or flush out a competing bidder. There is another round to go.


Tyro in Play as It Rejects Potentia’s A$1.27 Offer

<ul><li>After a steep correction in the past few months, Block is trading sideways but continues to remain a highly volatile script.</li><li>The company delivered an all-around beat but the sideways trajectory has continued.</li><li>In the quarter, within Cash App, Block introduced an innovative investing feature named ‘Round Ups’ to make investing accessible and relatable to everyone.</li></ul>

After a steep correction in the past few months, Block is trading sideways but continues to remain a highly volatile script.The company delivered an all-around beat but the sideways trajectory has continued.In the quarter, within Cash App, Block introduced an innovative investing feature named ‘Round Ups’ to make investing accessible and relatable to everyone.

Block Inc (formerly Square Inc): The New Square Stand & Other Drivers

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<li>Toast (NYSE:<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/search?q=TOST" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TOST</a>) offers a cloud-based end-to-end POS tech platform primarily focused on restaurant and food services.</li>
<li>They offer a broad portfolio of software and payment solutions that help to solve the needs of restaurants.</li>
<li>The company's payment processing offerings are built on charging transaction fees for its restaurant clients for debit and credit card payments on restaurant sales.
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Toast (NYSE:TOST) offers a cloud-based end-to-end POS tech platform primarily focused on restaurant and food services.
They offer a broad portfolio of software and payment solutions that help to solve the needs of restaurants.
The company's payment processing offerings are built on charging transaction fees for its restaurant clients for debit and credit card payments on restaurant sales.



Toast: A Deep-Dive Into A Category Leader In Vertical Software

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Block, Inc. operates as a financial services and digital payments company. The Company develops a payments platform aimed at small and medium businesses that allows them to accept credit card payments and use tablet computers as payment registers for a point-of-sale system. Block also provides financial and marketing services.

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Block Inc (formerly Square Inc): Continuing Bullish Approach Towards Crypto

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Tyro Confirms Westpac as One of the Interested Suitors

The floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing...

Arun George

Tyro in Play as It Rejects Potentia’s A$1.27 Offer

Potentia's move puts Tyro in play, and Grok’s involvement will force the Board to get an improved offer and/or flush out a competing bidder. There...

Arun George

Block Inc (formerly Square Inc): The New Square Stand & Other Drivers

After a steep correction in the past few months, Block is trading sideways but continues to remain a highly volatile script. The company delivered...

Baptista Research

Toast: A Deep-Dive Into A Category Leader In Vertical Software

The company's payment processing offerings are built on charging transaction fees for its restaurant clients for debit and credit card payments on...

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