NYSE:FDC - First Data Stock Price, Price Target & More

First Data trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FDC."

First Data Corp (NYSE:FDC) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 30th. The business services provider reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.03. The business services provider had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.98 billion. First Data had a return on equity of 23.21% and a net margin of 13.27%. First Data's revenue was down 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share. View First Data's Earnings History.

First Data is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for First Data.

First Data issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.42-1.47 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.38.

24 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for First Data's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate First Data's stock price to reach $22.9167 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for First Data.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Data in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

First Data saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 43,041,823 shares, a decrease of 15.4% from the May 31st total of 50,894,606 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,490,893 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 9.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View First Data's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Data include Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), NetEase (NTES), eBay (EBAY), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Global Payments (GPN), Mercadolibre (MELI), Total System Services (TSS), Worldpay (WP), CoStar Group (CSGP), Msci (MSCI), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Alliance Data Systems (ADS) and CIELO S A/S (CIOXY).

News stories about FDC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. First Data earned a media sentiment score of -0.04 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 43.63 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

First Data's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.29%), Dudley & Shanley Inc. (0.21%), ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. (0.09%), Channing Capital Management LLC (0.07%), Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc. (0.02%) and Westpac Banking Corp (0.02%). Company insiders that own First Data stock include Andrew Gelb, Anthony S Marino, Barry C Mccarthy, Christopher M Foskett, Cynthia A Armine-Klein, Frank Bisignano, Guy Chiarello, James E Nevels, Jeff Shanahan, Matthew Cagwin and Thomas Joseph Higgins. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Data.

FDC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Channing Capital Management LLC, Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Dudley & Shanley Inc., Highland Capital Management LLC, Bremer Trust National Association, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Boston Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold First Data company stock in the last year include Andrew Gelb, Anthony S Marino, Barry C Mccarthy, Christopher M Foskett, Cynthia A Armine-Klein, Guy Chiarello and Thomas Joseph Higgins. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Data.

FDC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, James Investment Research Inc., CenturyLink Investment Management Co, DnB Asset Management AS, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. Company insiders that have bought First Data stock in the last two years include Frank Bisignano, James E Nevels and Jeff Shanahan. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Data.

Shares of FDC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.77.

First Data has a market capitalization of $21.15 billion and generates $12.05 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.47 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.28 on an earnings per share basis. First Data employs 22,000 workers across the globe.

First Data's mailing address is 225 LIBERTY STREET 29 th FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10281. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 800-735-3362 or via email at [email protected]