Increased competition Competition in the payments space is heating up and could be a headwind for Block.
In addition, given expectations for a U.S. economic slowdown, Evercore ISI now sees Block's profit growth rate continuing to decline from the second half of this year through 2024.
"While cross-selling Afterpay within Seller and Cash App should help, these headwinds should sustain through 2023E," Togut said.
"2022E-2024E, we forecast Afterpay's gross profit growth rate will average 13%, down from 83% and 72% in 2020 and 2021, respectively."
Cash App is a different story, as Evercore ISI sees it growing gross profit in the coming quarters by utilizing new products and cross-selling.