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A Look Back At PayPal's Impressive Week
Friday, July 21, 2017 - 3:37pm | 696PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) has been on a roll with several new partnerships as the stock continues to trade at record highs. Over the past week, PayPal has signed new deals with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Samsung Electronic (OTC: SSNLF), Visa Inc (NYSE: V)'s Visa Europe and JPMorgan Chase...
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Oppenheimer Raises Target On Visa By $5 To $90, Cites Closing Of Visa Europe Purchase
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 2:48pm | 231In a recent report, analysts at Oppenheimer updated their estimates for Visa Inc (NYSE: V), seeking to reflect the impending close of the acquisition of Visa Europe — which the firm anticipates will be announced before the end of June. Last Friday, the payments technology company said that...
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Sterne Agee CRT On Payment Stocks: 5 Big Names Initiated At Buy
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 3:42pm | 616Moshe Katri of Sterne Agee CRT initiated coverage of various payment stock companies, mostly with bullish ratings. The analyst initiated Visa Inc (NYSE: V), Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA), Global Payments Inc (NYSE: GPN), First Data Corp (NYSE: FDC) and Fiserv Inc (NASDAQ: FISV) with Buy ratings....
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Visa Stock Now Worth At Least $80, Analysts Say
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 12:12pm | 338Visa Inc (NYSE: V) reported its fourth-quarter financial results on Monday, in line with the Street's expectations. Guidance for the next four years was slightly below consensus on the back of FX, macro and gas headwinds. Analysts at Pacific Crest reiterated an Overweight rating on...
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Visa, Shire The Latest Adding To Merger Frenzy
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 11:15am | 743U.S. futures were trading slightly higher early Monday morning as investors were likely encouraged by major M&A announcements. Visa Inc (NYSE: V) has agreed to acquire Visa Europe Ltd. in a deal valued up to 21.2 billion euros, while Shire PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ: SHPG) announced it will...
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Calls Of Note: The Research Moving The Market On Wednesday
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 10:56am | 1342The following represents a hand-picked selection of notable research curated by an analyst known in some circles as "The Sith Overlord Of The Street." Morgan Stanley: Upgrading Google To Overweight Brian Nowak of Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ:...
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Visa In Reported Talks To Buy European Affiliate
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 3:28pm | 208Visa Inc (NYSE: V) gained more than 4 percent Friday on a report that the company is in talks to acquire its affiliate Visa Europe for up to $20 billion. Visa Europe was split off in 2007 prior to Visa's initial public offering, and operates under a licensing agreement. Bloomberg reported...
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Deutsche Bank Just Met With Visa's CEO, Says Business Is 'Healthy'
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 12:05pm | 399In a report published Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Keane discussed a recent meeting with Visa Inc (NYSE: V)'s CEO Charlie Scharf along with other key executives at the company's San Francisco office. Shares of Visa remain Buy rated with an unchanged $79 price target. New...
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Markets End Week On Positive Note As Investors Are Encouraged By Central Bank Developments In Europe, China
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 5:33pm | 945U.S. stocks ended the week higher as investors were encouraged by announcements in Europe and China. The European Central Bank outlined plans to expand its asset purchase programs by "altering the size, pace and composition of our purchases" if inflation shows signs that it could stay...
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KBW: Visa's 10-K Filing Contains Several 'Interesting Items'
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 1:33pm | 238Sanjay Sakhrani of Keefe, Brueyette & Woods found several interesting items in Visa Inc's (NYSE: V) 10-K report filed on Friday. Sakhrani notes that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped its inquiry into how the company converted U.S. cardholder's foreign...