Credit card behemoth Visa Inc. is acquiring privately-held financial services API company Plaid for $5 billion. The purchase price is almost double Plaid’s latest private valuation.
Visa said it will finance the acquisition from cash on hand and debt issuance “at the appropriate time.” The transaction is expected to close in the next three to six months.
Plaid’s technology helps developers share banking and other financial information more easily - something that could potentially bolster Visa's operations after the acquisition. The data network is used by many financial apps and services including Acorns, Betterment, Expensify, and Venmo. The company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey.
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The Tickeron SMR rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating very strong sales and a profitable business model. SMR (Sales, Margin, Return on Equity) rating is based on comparative analysis of weighted Sales, Income Margin and Return on Equity values compared against S&P 500 index constituents. The weighted SMR value is a proprietary formula developed by Tickeron and represents an overall profitability measure for a stock.
The Tickeron Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating low risk on high returns. The average Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for the industry is 76, placing this stock better than average.
The Tickeron Price Growth Rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating outstanding price growth. V’s price grows at a higher rate over the last 12 months as compared to S&P 500 index constituents.
The Tickeron PE Growth Rating for this company is (best 1 - 100 worst), pointing to consistent earnings growth. The PE Growth rating is based on a comparative analysis of stock PE ratio increase over the last 12 months compared against S&P 500 index constituents.
The Tickeron Valuation Rating of (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is significantly overvalued in the industry. This rating compares market capitalization estimated by our proprietary formula with the current market capitalization. This rating is based on the following metrics, as compared to industry averages: V's P/B Ratio (19.802) is slightly higher than the industry average of (4.249). V has a moderately high P/E Ratio (31.267) as compared to the industry average of (15.623). Projected Growth (PEG Ratio) (1.664) is also within normal values, averaging (1.719). Dividend Yield (0.007) settles around the average of (0.081) among similar stocks. P/S Ratio (17.730) is also within normal values, averaging (6.007).
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
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