After Facebook (FB) unveiled its cryptocurrency Libra yesterday, Morgan Stanley analysts led by Brian Nowak highlighted six "key questions" they still have about the impact on Facebook, commerce and the overall global banking and payments system from the social media giant's offering. The team, as previously stated, believe that Instagram commerce could be a greater than $4B annual opportunity for Facebook and even larger over the long term across Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and the core app. However, they also think costs may rise as they believe Facebook is likely going to have to fund rewards to drive Libra adoption. Libra's real-time aspect largely already exists in the banking system, except for in real-time cross-border payments, which is a challenge that Facebook could address, though it won't be alone there as JPMorgan (JPM) is also working on its own s Interbank Information Network blockchain, the team noted. The team believes Libra's threat of disruption to Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) is "fairly low" as the major networks have a significant scale advantage, low costs, mature fraud detection abilities and they are both also founding members and investors, Nowak and the analysts also noted.

Bernstein analyst Harshita Rawat raised the firm's price target on Visa to $310 from $304 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm notes Visa delivered a strong Q2 and intact 2024 guidance. Going into the quarter, there were growing concerns regarding negative revisions due to multi-year low FX volatility and somewhat high volumes baked into the guide. The beat in the quarter and management commentary regarding the second half of the year may lead to consensus numbers going up modestly, Bernstein adds.

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Wedbush analyst Moshe Katri raised the firm's price target on Visa to $300 from $280 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm notes Visa reported stronger than expected Q2/FY24 results, while reiterating FY24 guidance.

Citi raised the firm's price target on Visa to $321 from $314 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. the company's March quarter results featured a top- and bottom-line beat and while the reiterated fiscal 2024 outlook implies lower second half of the year revenues, a modest step-up in growth remains embedded and the low double-digit exit rate bodes well for fiscal 2025, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says the clarity on Visa's revenue trajectory and breadth of opportunity should support the multiple.

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Sees revenue growth in low double-digits, consensus $33.6B.

Reports Q2 revenue $8.8B, consensus $8.09B. Reports Q2 transactions processed $55.5B. Reports Q2 payments volume up 8%. "Visa delivered strong results in the second quarter, with net revenue up 10%, GAAP EPS up 12%, and non-GAAP EPS up 20%. Overall payments volume grew 8% and cross-border volume grew 16%, driven by stable consumer spending. As we head into the second half of the year and beyond, we remain focused on the trillions of dollars of opportunity in consumer payments and new flows and on continuing to deepen our partnerships with clients around the world by adding value across our network of networks," said CEO Ryan McInerney.