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Solid Prints Not Enough: Piper Sandler Cuts Visa and Mastercard on Rising Risk of Recession in Europe

Published 04/29/2022, 05:19 AM
Updated 04/29/2022, 09:51 AM
© Reuters.  Solid Prints Not Enough: Piper Sandler Cuts Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) on Rising Risk of Recession in Europe

© Reuters. Solid Prints Not Enough: Piper Sandler Cuts Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) on Rising Risk of Recession in Europe

Piper Sandler analyst Christopher Donat downgraded shares of Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) to Neutral and Underweight, respectively to reflect the difficult macroeconomic environment, especially in Europe.

Piper’s Macro Team is increasingly worried that Europe may enter a recession in 2023, a scenario that would be negative for payment companies given their exposure to Europe.

“Europe is MA's largest region and V's second largest. We think that a more challenging revenue scenario in 2023 will put future pressure on earnings estimates and the P/E multiples for both companies,” Donat said in a client note.

The analyst also cut FY23 EPS estimates, which then led him to slash the price target on Visa to $239.00 per share, down from $283.00. A new PT for MA is $357.00, down from $360.00.

“While our biggest concern is a European recession, other factors also weigh on our outlook. We think underperformance of payment growth in Asia might represent a 'new normal' that lasts for years. We believe inflation and other macro factors could decrease discretionary spending and ultimately slow cross-border activity. We also see headwinds to GAAP earnings growth from unfavorable FX trends,” the analyst added.

Shares of Visa and Mastercard are both down 1.4% in pre-open Friday.

By Senad Karaahmetovic

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