In its preview of Q1 results, Citigroup says Capital One (COF) remains its top pick among the card issuers given the company's "strong" card loan growth, capital return and "reasonable" valuation. Citi keeps a Buy rating on the stock with a $95 price target. The firm continues to see a "modestly" improving U.S. consumer, and also has Buy ratings on American Express (AXP), Discover (DFS), MasterCard (MA), Synchrony Financial (SYF) and Visa (V). Citi thinks investor sentiment has become more negative for card issuers around provisioning for loan growth with the group posting mixed stock performance thus far in 2015.

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Baird analyst David Koning raised the firm's price target on MasterCard to $545 from $525 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm thinks Q1 revenue/EPS beat mildly and guidance will be mildly raised. They like the stock over the course of 2024 as a steady grinder.

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Baird raised the firm's price target on Visa to $320 from $314 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm thinks FQ2 revenue/EPS likely both beat mildly; and they like a lot as long-term compounder.