James Faucette

Venmo hasn’t yet proven itself a meaningful contributor to PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL). But one analyst team is increasingly confident about its prospects to monetize and bolster parent earnings. The Rating Morgan Stanley analysts James Faucette and Steven Wald maintained an Overweight...

Morgan Stanley has stepped to the sidelines on Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), saying there's no longer the valuation gap with the company's semiconductor peers to make it as attractive. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's James Faucette downgraded Qualcomm from Overweight to Equal-Weight and...

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) reported third-quarter results, which sent the stock to a new 52-week high. The Analysts Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette maintains at Underweight with a $20 price target. Citi analyst Ashwin Shirvaikar maintains at Sell, unchanged $20.50. Bank of America...

Visa Inc (NYSE: V) reported another solid quarter Thursday, with double-digit revenue and earnings growth, and announced upbeat guidance for fiscal year 2020. The Results Visa reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.47 per share. The figure beat Street expectations by 4 cents per share, backed...

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) reported third-quarter results Wednesday that beat estimates and prompted multiple Street analysts to reaffirm bullish stances.  The Analysts Wells Fargo analyst Timothy Willi maintained an Overweight rating on PayPal's stock with a $135...

Shares of BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) hit a multi-year low Tuesday in reaction to a fiscal second-quarter report highlighted by a miss in its Internet of Things and cybersecurity division. The Analysts TD Securities analyst Daniel Chan maintains a Buy rating on Blackberry with a price target lowered...

On Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) a stay in a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case. While news of the FTC’s pause is encouraging, prospects of divestment from China and the so-far unsuccessful search for a chief financial officer are...

The U.S.-China trade war complicated analysts’ assessments of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO)’s fourth quarter and outlook, with little consensus emerging on the stock’s near-term future. Cisco reported a slight earnings beat but it came with weaker-than-expected guidance that...

Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) took a huge 15% hit on Friday after the company reported lackluster second-quarter numbers and issued disappointing guidance. Square reported second-quarter gross payment volume of $26.8 billion, slightly missing consensus analyst expectations of $26.9 billion. In addition,...

Sell-side analysts remain mostly optimistic about the long-term possibilities for QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) once the switch to 5G cell phone technology gets really going, despite a drop in share price, short-term headwinds from 4G sales and questions about royalties and legal issues. The...

PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) demonstrated positive operational leverage in the second quarter, despite weaker headline numbers, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley’s James Faucette maintained an Overweight rating on PayPal with a price target of $129. The Thesis...

PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) made four net additions of U.S. top 500 internet retailers in the second quarter versus Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s two merchant adds and Bitcoin’s flat performance, according to Morgan Stanley.  The Analyst James Faucette...

Online lending platform LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC) released a regulatory SEC filing which shows a weaker-than-expected loan volume growth, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst James Faucette maintained an Equal-weight rating on LendingClub with a price target lowered from $23.75 to $17....

Owning a position in Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is "still worth the noise" as there are three paths for the stock to move as high as $120 per share under a bull-case scenario, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's James Faucette maintains an Overweight rating on...

Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) reported first-quarter results that came in better than expected, but management's second-quarter guidance missed on the top- and bottom-line. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print and outlook. The Analysts Bank Of America...