Interest Rate Impact on Fintech Stocks: The Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cut has boosted investor interest in fintech stocks, with Bernstein highlighting Fiserv, Block, and Adyen as key companies to watch for potential recovery in the sector.
Fiserv's Performance and Outlook: Despite a 36% year-to-date decline, Fiserv is considered a high-quality name in payments, with analysts optimistic about its growth drivers and a potential upside of 44% based on current stock price targets.
Block's Growth Potential: Block's stock has decreased by 9.4% this year, but Bernstein sees a path for improvement in metrics and a moderate buy rating, with a 14.3% upside potential based on its price target.
Adyen's Competitive Advantage: Bernstein views Adyen as a strong player in the payments space, with a compelling entry point for investors despite some volatility in its numbers, indicating a potential upside of 25.2%.
Wall Street analysts forecast XYZ stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for XYZ is 86.51 USD with a low forecast of 55.00 USD and a high forecast of 108.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
30 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast XYZ stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for XYZ is 86.51 USD with a low forecast of 55.00 USD and a high forecast of 108.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
25 Buy
3 Hold
2 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 65.050
Low
55.00
Averages
86.51
High
108.00
Current: 65.050
Low
55.00
Averages
86.51
High
108.00
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Equal Weight
maintain
$71 -> $72
2025-11-21
Reason
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Price Target
$71 -> $72
AI Analysis
2025-11-21
maintain
Equal Weight
Reason
Morgan Stanley raised the firm's price target on Block to $72 from $71 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares after the company "delivered the gross profit targets we think most were looking for" at its investor day, supported by positive enhancements across both the Square and Cash App segments. While the firm says after the event that it is "decidedly more positive" on several product and go-to-market developments, plus accelerated buybacks, it still views connected ecosystem and Bitcoin efforts as "low-return initiatives."
Mizuho
Outperform
maintain
$88 -> $100
2025-11-20
Reason
Mizuho
Price Target
$88 -> $100
2025-11-20
maintain
Outperform
Reason
Mizuho raised the firm's price target on Block to $100 from $88 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm views the company's analyst as a "positive inflection in many ways." The CEO offered mea culpas ranging from lack of adequate product velocity to prior organizational challenges, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Mizuho likes Block's artificial intelligence product announcements but is "even more thrilled" about the company's opportunity to lower the cost of acceptance by utilizing bitcoin rails.
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BofA
Buy
maintain
$86 -> $88
2025-11-20
Reason
BofA
Price Target
$86 -> $88
2025-11-20
maintain
Buy
Reason
BofA raised the firm's price target on Block to $88 from $86 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm has come away from the company's Investor Day presentation with a better understanding of Block and the medium-term growth plan, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Deep-dives on product, underwriting strategy, go-to-market plan and Block's capabilities / engineering prowess increases the firm's confidence that the company can create a robust growth algorithm, the firm added.
Truist
Sell -> Hold
upgrade
$67 -> $68
2025-11-17
Reason
Truist
Price Target
$67 -> $68
2025-11-17
upgrade
Sell -> Hold
Reason
Truist upgraded Block to Hold from Sell with a price target of $68, up from $67.
About XYZ
Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy. The Company operates through two segments: Square and Cash App. The Square includes managed payment services, software solutions, hardware, and financial services offered to sellers, excluding those that involve Cash App. The Cash App segment includes the financial tools available to individuals within the mobile Cash App, including peer-to-peer payments, bitcoin and stock investments. The Cash App also includes Cash App Card, which is linked to customer stored balances that customers can use to pay for purchases or withdraw funds from an ATM. Cash App also includes the BNPL platform. Its Afterpay business is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. Its TIDAL business is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Its Bitkey business is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto business is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
