Block Inc. (XYZ) Financial Factsheet - Growth, Valuation and Peer Comp...

The report gives a detailed financial and operational snapshot of Block Inc. as of Q1 2025, based on company filings and independent analysis. It also compares Block Inc. with its most relevant peers in regards to valuation, revenue growth and margins.

Global Fintech Industry May 2025

This report looks at the global fintech industry. Fintech as an industry involves the use of technology to compete with traditional financial institutions in the delivery of financial services. Fintech is an emerging industry whose applications are employed in a range of traditional industries. The report talks about the overall market size, expected growth rates as well current trends driving the growth in the industry. Companies can also be categorized as core and non-core, the former being th...

PayPal (PYPL) Valuation Factsheet - Peer Comps, Valuation, and Fair Va...

The report gives a summary of Company's financials, valuation metrics, and peer comps along with fair value estimate. The report lists most relevant peer group and compares revenue growth and margin profile of PYPL versus its competitors.

Visa Inc. Financial Factsheet - Growth, Valuation and Peer Comps

The report gives a detailed financial and operational snapshot of Visa Inc. as of Q2 FY25, based on company filings and independent analysis. It also lists most relevant peer group and their valuation vis-a-vis Visa Inc.

PayPal Financial Factsheet - Growth, Valuation and Peer Comps

The report gives a detailed financial and operational snapshot of PayPal as of Q1 2025, based on company filings and independent analysis. It also lists most relevant peer group and their valuation vis-a-vis PayPal.

Mastercard Inc: 1 director

A director at Mastercard Inc sold 15,775 shares at 550.156USD and the significance rating of the trade was 72/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearly...

Vermilion Short Shots: Technically Vulnerable Stocks

Short Shots is a collection of technically vulnerable charts culled from the Negative Inflecting and Toppy columns within our Weekly Compass report or from various technical screening processes. The charts contained in this report have developed concerning technical patterns that suggest further price deterioration is likely. For these reasons Short Shots can also be a great source of ideas for investors interested in short-selling candidates.

Moody's Ratings assigns Aa3 rating to Mastercard's senior unsecured no...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) assigned an Aa3 rating to Mastercard Incorporated's ("Mastercard") proposed senior unsecured notes issuance. The rating outlook is stable. The net proceeds from the debt issuance are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. RATINGS RATIONALE Mastercard's Aa3 ...

Vermilion Macro Vision: Sector Synopsis

STRATEGY Market dynamics remain risk-on, and our outlook remains bullish as long as the S&P 500 remains above 5850 and 5600-5670. Shorter-term, the S&P 500 remains above the prior bull flag support (currently 5900) that we have discussed over the past two weeks in our Compass reports, and is coiling for a likely breakout above 6100 resistance. As discussed throughout the first half of January in our Compass reports, we continue to believe that tariffs will mostly be used as a negotiation tacti...

Visa Inc: 2 directors

Two Directors at Visa Inc sold/sold after exercising options/gave away 36,791 shares at between 0.000USD and 349.768USD. The significance rating of the trade was 78/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all ...

In-Payments: X Money and Musk: risks to PayPal (Venmo), Cash App and p...

X announced last week it was partnering with Visa to develop a real-time payment system in the US. Through Visa Direct, X Money Account will support an in-platform digital wallet and peer-to-peer payments connected to users’ debit cards, with an option to transfer funds to a bank account.

PayPal (BUY, TP: $100, +25%) - Solid beat at Q4; branded concerns appe...

PayPal reported another solid quarter, coming in ahead of expectations: 4% at transaction margin $ and 6% at non-GAAP EPS. Guidance for FY 25 suggests a small uplift to TM$ and EPS for the street though the bears seem (still) very focused on branded TPV growth.

Dropping Coverage

In-Payments: a new bi-weekly blog! Paze to be Fastlane? Click to Pay ...

To kick off 2025 we’re launching “In-Payments”, a bi-weekly blog which will leverage off recent news flow for a quick dive into what we see as key themes to be tracking across the Payments and broader Fintech space.

Vital Signs: Actionable charts

In this product we rank the most positive and negative domestic stocks, filter the symbols by market-cap and trading volume, and then divide the companies into sectors and groups. We then manually look through charts leadership/changes, bottoms-up/top-down ideas, short-term patterns that may have long-term significance, etc. We believe you will find this product valuable as significant price and relative moves begin in the daily charts.

Mastercard Incorporated - September 2024 (LTM): Peer Snapshot

Compares key performance metrics against industry peers.

PYPL US (BUY, TP: $100, +12%) SQ US (Neutral, TP $70 - UR) CFPB overs...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a finalized version of a rule at the end of last week, saying it will soon supervise non-bank firms, including PayPal and Block, that offer financial services. With an inbound Trump, does this still matter?

Mastercard Incorporated: Update to credit analysis

Our credit view of this issuer reflects its positive secular trends and high business stability, offset by its consistently elevated regulatory and litigation risks.

PYPL US (BUY, TP: $100, +25%) PayPal - Pillar Two tax / EPS risk for F...

We spoke to PayPal today for a broader Q3 wrap but specifically also to focus on Pillar Two, given this tax angle is the current topic du jour (and following Mastercard’s guide last week) and given market whispers that 10% of PayPal EPS could be at risk from FY 25. Such extreme estimates seem a stretch.

Money 20/20 USA - Key takeaways

While still recovering from the whirlwind of information we’re taking an initial crack at summarizing some of the key takeaways from attending the annual Money 20/20 USA jamboree in Las Vegas last week. While the subject of many discussions was quite predictable—did anybody mention AI?— insight came from conversations around ROI considerations for AI, Open banking/finance use cases and compliance, Real-time payments and the ever-present issue of Fraud.