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) posted 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 analyst estimates of $2.22 billion. First Data had a net margin of 10.52% and a return on equity of 17.55%. First Data's revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.40 EPS. 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.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for First Data's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect First Data's share price to reach $25.82 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for First Data.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Data in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Data.

Media coverage about FDC stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Data earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for First Data.

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

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]