Ramsey El-Assal

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) shares are trading lower on Wednesday after the company reported fourth-quarter financial results after market close on Tuesday. Analysts see the company's product expansion as a positive, but guidance and spending remain concerns. • Robinhood Markets stock...

Barclays initiated coverage of 20 stocks in the rapidly evolving payments industry, with PayPal leading as the firm's top pick. Investors are familiar with payments as an investable, evolutionary story, but often see tech-enabled or software embedded payments as a new high-growth channel,...

Payment processor Vantiv Inc (NYSE: VNTV) notched an upgrade and price target increase Thursday from Jefferies.  The Analyst Jefferies analyst Ramsey El-Assal upgraded Vantiv from Hold to Buy and increased the price target from $72 to $94. The Thesis The WORLDPAY GRP PLC (OTC:...

Following Paypal Holdings Inc's (NASDAQ: PYPL) first quarter results, sell-side analysts offered diverging views on the company's margin trajectory. While Jefferies suggested the company's margins shined, Loop Capital Markets opined that take rate and transaction margin deterioration...