NYSE:FDC - First Data Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

First Data Corp (NYSE:FDC) issued its earnings results on Monday, October, 29th. The business services provider reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $2.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.22 billion. First Data had a return on equity of 17.55% and a net margin of 10.52%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share. View First Data's Earnings History.

First Data is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Data.

20 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for First Data's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate First Data's share price to reach $23.72 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 25.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for First Data.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Data in the last year. There are currently 18 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Data.

News articles about FDC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Data earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for First Data.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Data investors own include Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Associated British Foods (ABF), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Ciena (CIEN), Apollo Global Management (APO), tronc (TRNC) and China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU).

One share of FDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.69.

First Data has a market capitalization of $29.91 billion and generates $9.50 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.21 on an earnings per share basis. First Data employs 19,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Data.

The official website for First Data is http://www.firstdata.com/.

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