Nomura Securities Maintains a 'Buy' on Visa (V); Raising FY Outlook on Strong Q2
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Rating Summary:
9 Buy, 9 Hold, 1 Sell
Rating Trend: = Flat
Today's Overall Ratings:
Up: 8 | Down: 12 | New: 30
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Nomura Securities maintains a 'Buy' on Visa (NYSE: V) price target of $140.00.
Analyst, Bill Carcache, said, "Ex one-time items, Visa reported 2Q12 EPS of $1.60 versus our / consensus estimate of $1.51. The $0.09 EPS beat relative to our estimate was driven by higher-than-expected operating revenues (across the board) and higher-than-expected operating margins (primarily due to lower-than-expected advertising expenses). Looking ahead, we believe 3Q will represent the trough for debit losses and will be key to assessing Visa’s market positioning in US debit in a post-Durbin environment. Management communicated a more positive outlook and raised 2012 EPS guidance to high teens/low 20% growth (from high teens growth previously). Our 2012E/2013E EPS are $6.00/$7.22 vs. Street at $6.00/$7.02, respectively."
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Shares of Visa closed at $122.19 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $73.11-$125.35.
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Analyst, Bill Carcache, said, "Ex one-time items, Visa reported 2Q12 EPS of $1.60 versus our / consensus estimate of $1.51. The $0.09 EPS beat relative to our estimate was driven by higher-than-expected operating revenues (across the board) and higher-than-expected operating margins (primarily due to lower-than-expected advertising expenses). Looking ahead, we believe 3Q will represent the trough for debit losses and will be key to assessing Visa’s market positioning in US debit in a post-Durbin environment. Management communicated a more positive outlook and raised 2012 EPS guidance to high teens/low 20% growth (from high teens growth previously). Our 2012E/2013E EPS are $6.00/$7.22 vs. Street at $6.00/$7.02, respectively."
For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Visa click here. For more ratings news on Visa click here.
Shares of Visa closed at $122.19 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $73.11-$125.35.
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