Today's Picks: Back To School For First Data Corporation (FDC), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

The price of First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC) went up by $0.14 now trading at $23.9. Their shares witnessed a 62.25% increase from the 52-week low price of $14.73 they recorded on 2018-04-25. Even though it is still -11.38% behind the $26.62 high touched on 2018-09-17. The last few days have been good for the stock, as its price has grew by 6.08% during the week. It has also performed better over the past three months, as it added around 5.75% while it has so far climbed around 32.19% during the course of a year. The stock of FDC recorded 43.03% uptrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for First Data Corporation is set at $28.7. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by 20.08% from the current trading price.

When giving their opinion, around 90.32% of Wall Street analysts, which represents 28 out of 31 rated the stock as a Buy. 3 brokerage firms of the remaining 9.68% rated the stock as a Hold with 0 analyst rating it as a sell. Overall, the number of aggregate FDC shares held by institutional investors represents 99.32% of total shares. 89 institutions entered new First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC) positions, 229 added to their existing positions in these shares, 177 lowered their positions, and 51 exited their positions entirely.

First Data Corporation (FDC) trade volume has decreased by -32.46% as around 6,061,341 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 8,974,338. At the moment, FDC is witnessing a downtrend, as it is trading -1.08% below its 20-day SMA, -3.27% below its 50-day SMA, and 19.54% below its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 55.3%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 10.78% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 28.4% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC) will likely come at $24.09, marking a 0.79% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $24.29, about 1.61% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $23.44, the lower end of the range. FDC’s 14-day MACD is -0.1 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 47.83, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 31.11 percent, which is high when compared to that of the 50-day’s 25.67 percent.

The shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has decreased by -0.26%, and now trading at $110.71 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 25,861,507. This is a rise of 432,644 shares over the average 25,428,863 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $110.71 went higher by 43.31% from its 52-week low of $77.25 that it attained back on 2017-10-19. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $116.18 nearly 15 days ago on 2018-10-03.

MSFT stock hasn’t performed well over the past 30 days, as it lost -2.21% while its price climbed by 29.42% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been good for the stock, as it rose 4.29% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $123.55. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 11.6% from its current trading price.32 out of 34 Wall Street analysts which represents 94.12% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 2.94 rated it as a hold, with 2.94 of analysts rating it as a sell.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly 20.1%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 12.42% per year, following the 8.5% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a downtrend, trading -1.4% below its 20-day SMA, -0.02% below its 50-day SMA, and 11.01% above its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate Microsoft Corporation shares held by institutional investors is 74.7%. 114 institutions jumped in to acquire Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) fresh stake, 1262 added to their current holdings in these shares, 1375 lowered their positions, and 44 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is 0.19 and this positive figure indicates an upward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 49.38, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 33.91 percent, which is more when compared to that of the 50-day’s 22.44 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $111.83, sporting a 1% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $112.95, representing nearly 1.98% premium to the current market price of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $108.43, the lower end of the range.

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