First Data Corporation Is A Top Upgrade

For today's edition of our upgrade list, we searched for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. First Data Corp (FDC) is our top-rated upgrade this week and it is a STRONG BUY. The rest of the components on our list are BUY-rated companies

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Return

1-M Forecast Return

1-Yr Forecast Return

P/E Ratio

Sector Name

FDC

FIRST DATA CORP

15.82

-36.88%

69.20%

1.16%

13.91%

15.31

Business Services

GOL

GOL LINHAS-ADR

22.27

-56.09%

380.58%

0.66%

7.86%

91.52

Transportation

HCCI

HERITAGE-CRYSTL

15.2

-0.54%

104.58%

0.54%

6.46%

30.81

Industrial Products

KFRC

KFORCE INC

24.35

7.16%

57.61%

0.78%

9.35%

16.83

Business Services

KKR

KKR & CO LP

18.17

25.56%

55.17%

0.58%

6.90%

17.03

Finance

Below is today's data on First Data Corp (FDC):

First Data Corporation is a commerce-enabling technology and solutions company. It provides merchant transaction processing and acquiring; credit, retail and debit card issuing and processing; prepaid services and check verification, settlement and guarantee services. First Data Corporation is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Recommendation: We updated our recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for FIRST DATA CORP on 2017-02-10. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that FIRST DATA CORP has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Price Sales Ratio and Book Market Ratio.

 

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

16.00 1.16%

3-Month

15.72 -0.66%

6-Month

15.80 -0.15%

1-Year

18.02 13.91%

2-Year

12.61 -20.27%

3-Year

9.30 -41.21%

 

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

36.88% undervalued

Valuation Rank

93

1-M Forecast Return

1.16%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

99

12-M Return

69.20%

Momentum Rank

81

Sharpe Ratio

-0.08

Sharpe Ratio Rank

41

5-Y Avg Annual Return

-2.57%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

40

Volatility

32.91%

Volatility Rank

50

Expected EPS Growth

24.22%

EPS Growth Rank

59

Market Cap (billions)

2.53

Size Rank

75

Trailing P/E Ratio

15.31

Trailing P/E Rank

79

Forward P/E Ratio

12.32

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

75

PEG Ratio

0.63

PEG Ratio Rank

56

Price/Sales

0.22

Price/Sales Rank

94

Market/Book

0.64

Market/Book Rank

90

Beta

1.86

Beta Rank

13

Alpha

-0.16

Alpha Rank

21

 

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