
This summary was created by AI, based on 3 opinions in the last 12 months.
Fiserv Inc has shown strong growth potential, with analysts noting a valuation at 23 times earnings, suggesting it is an attractive investment. Despite recent pullbacks, particularly following the departure of the CEO, many view this as a long-term buying opportunity. The company's history of CEO transitions doesn't appear to significantly deter its stock performance, which has generally trended upward over decades. Concerns have been raised about high leverage and the potential impact of a tough year-over-year comparison in Q1. Overall, while there are risks involved, particularly in a stagnant market, many experts still consider Fiserv a high-quality name with good prospects for the future.
Electronic transactions. This benefits from many of the same trends as MasterCard (MC-N). It does electronic merchant acquiring, bill payments, network connections between ATMs, banks and merchants. Every time you do one of these transactions, they collect $.07, $.08, $.09. It is a volume business, and they keep churning. Extremely cash flow positive. In the last 10 years they have bought back a 3rd of the company.
Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly This is a financial services technology company with business worldwide. It provides mobile e-commerce services direct to the consumer. They just partnered with Amazon and ExxonMobil to develop "Alexa, pay for gas" service now in place at 11,500 Exxon and Mobil stations in the US. There are 22 analysts with a buy rating presently and it is held by 85 hedge funds. Technically, the stock has shown momentum that could see a re-test of $109 soon and then a move to analyst expectations of $125 -- 25% upside. We would buy this with a relatively tight stop-loss at $194. Yield 0% (Analysts’ price target is $125.41)