5 Financial Transaction Stocks to Watch Despite Elevated Expense Level
View original at finance.yahoo.com5 Financial Transaction Stocks to Watch Despite Elevated Expense Level The Financial Transaction Services industry is likely to benefit from expanding global trade, rising international travel and growing demand for seamless cross-border payments and remittances…
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The Financial Transaction Services industry is likely to benefit from expanding global trade, rising international travel and growing demand for seamless cross-border payments and remittances
80% confidenceThe top 50% of Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than two to one
80% confidenceVisa carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold)
80% confidenceIn the past five years, the Financial Transaction Services industry traded as high as 36.92X, as low as 18.15X and at the median of 22.24X on a forward P/E basis
80% confidenceZacks Consensus Estimate for Visa's fiscal 2026 earnings is $12.84 per share, indicating an 11.9% rise from the year-ago figure
80% confidenceThe Zacks Financial Transaction Services industry currently carries a Zacks Industry Rank #135, placing it in the bottom 44% of 243 Zacks industries
80% confidenceFiserv's earnings beat estimates in three of the last four quarters and missed once
80% confidenceGlobal Payments carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy)
80% confidenceFidelity National's earnings beat estimates in three of the last four quarters and matched once, with average surprise of 1.64%
80% confidenceMastercard's earnings beat estimates in each of the last four quarters, with an average surprise of 5.48%
80% confidenceVisa's earnings beat estimates in each of the last four quarters, with an average surprise of 2.12%
80% confidenceThe Financial Transaction Services industry has declined 24.3% compared with the Business Services sector's decline of 24.4% over the past year
80% confidenceThe Financial Transaction Services industry is currently trading at a forward 12-month P/E of 18.15X, compared with the S&P 500's 22.51X and the sector's 18X
80% confidenceFidelity National carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold)
80% confidenceWith expectations for interest rate cuts in 2026, companies may increasingly use debt financing to fund acquisitions and accelerate growth
80% confidenceMastercard carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold)
80% confidenceZacks Consensus Estimate for Mastercard's 2026 earnings is $19.38 per share, indicating a 13.9% rise from the year-ago figure
80% confidenceZacks Consensus Estimate for Global Payments' 2026 earnings is $13.85 per share, indicating a 13.3% rise from the 2025 estimate
80% confidencePersistent inflation and tariff pressures may further strain consumer budgets in the financial transaction services space
80% confidenceZacks Consensus Estimate for Fiserv's 2026 earnings is $8.14 per share, with revenue consensus implying 3.4% improvement from year-ago
80% confidenceFiserv carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold)
80% confidenceZacks Consensus Estimate for Fidelity National's 2026 earnings is $6.27 per share, indicating an improvement of 8.7% from the 2025 estimate
80% confidenceGlobal Payments' earnings beat estimates in three of the last four quarters and missed once, with an average surprise of 1.93%
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