Vantiv Inc (NYSE:VNTV) Director Jeffrey E. Stiefler sold 2,271 shares of Vantiv stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.07, for a total value of $100,082.97. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Shares of Vantiv Inc (NYSE:VNTV) traded down 2.30% during midday trading on Monday, reaching $43.67. The company had a trading volume of 1,321,342 shares. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.33 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.34. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $47.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $46.43. Vantiv Inc has a 1-year low of $33.92 and a 1-year high of $53.46.

Vantiv (NYSE:VNTV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $430 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $413.73 million. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 12.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Vantiv Inc will post $2.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Beacon Capital Management purchased a new position in Vantiv during the fourth quarter valued at $0. Fox Run Management purchased a new position in Vantiv during the fourth quarter valued at $294,000. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its position in Vantiv by 775.2% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 12,621 shares of the company’s stock valued at $598,000 after buying an additional 11,179 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Asset Management boosted its position in Vantiv by 403.7% in the third quarter. Natixis Asset Management now owns 13,817 shares of the company’s stock valued at $621,000 after buying an additional 11,074 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantitative Systematic Strategies purchased a new position in Vantiv during the fourth quarter valued at $700,000.

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. RBC Capital reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $58.00 price target on shares of Vantiv in a research report on Sunday. Deutsche Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of Vantiv in a research report on Thursday. SunTrust upgraded Vantiv from a “reduce” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $43.00 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, January 8th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Vantiv from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 5th. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on Vantiv from $57.00 to $55.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 5th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $52.35.

Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE:VNTV) is a holding company that conducts its operations through its majority-owned subsidiary, Vantiv Holding, LLC (Vantiv Holding). The Company operates in two segments: Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services. The Merchant Services segment provides merchant acquiring and payment processing services to national merchants, regional and small-to-mid sized businesses. Merchant Services includes aspects of card processing, including authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing and interchange management. The Financial Institution Service segment provides card issuer processing, payment network processing, fraud protection, card production, prepaid program management, automated teller machine (ATM) driving and network gateway and switching services. It also offers processing for accounts, such as business cards, home equity lines of credit and health savings accounts.

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