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 quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 30th. The business services provider reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.03. The business services provider earned $2.28 billion during 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%. The company's revenue was down 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period 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 updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.42-1.47 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.38.

25 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for First Data's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate First Data's share price to reach $22.5417 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%. View Analyst Ratings for First Data.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Data in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

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Media stories about FDC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. First Data earned a daily sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider an impact score of 45.96 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

First Data's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.29%), Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc. (0.02%), Westpac Banking Corp (0.02%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.02%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.01%) and Amalgamated Bank (0.01%). 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 Garnet Equity Capital Holdings 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., CenturyLink Investment Management Co, DnB Asset Management AS, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Atria Investments LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co.. 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 $22.74.

First Data has a market capitalization of $20.95 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]