--- title: "Weekly Recap | FIS.US -8.95%, consensus target above spot" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298801338.md" description: "Fidelity National Information (FIS) fell 8.95% this week to close at $38.14 on Friday, 11 September, down from $41.89 at the previous Friday close on 4 September. The S&P 500 eased just 0.8% over the same period, leaving FIS about 8.15 percentage points behind the benchmark. The daily bars show a one-way move lower: the stock opened Tuesday at $41.44, briefly touched a weekly high of $41.52, then slid to a low of $37.59 on Friday before settling at $38.14. Weekly amplitude came to 9." datetime: "2026-09-12T08:09:05.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298801338.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298801338.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298801338.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | FIS.US -8.95%, consensus target above spot ## The Week Fidelity National Information (FIS) fell 8.95% this week to close at $38.14 on Friday, 11 September, down from $41.89 at the previous Friday close on 4 September. The S&P 500 eased just 0.8% over the same period, leaving FIS about 8.15 percentage points behind the benchmark. The daily bars show a one-way move lower: the stock opened Tuesday at $41.44, briefly touched a weekly high of $41.52, then slid to a low of $37.59 on Friday before settling at $38.14. Weekly amplitude came to 9.48%, with turnover of 23.45m shares and an average of about 5.86m shares a day, roughly 5.3% above the 60-day median volume. ## Key Events Three items landed in the company’s news flow this week. On Wednesday, 9 September, two pieces touched on themes around edge assets and transformation—one taking stock of a grab-bag of businesses, another flagging diverging liquidity in niche equities as cash generators leaned into buybacks while micro-caps pivoted to AI and digital assets. Then on Friday evening, Piper Sandler announced it had initiated coverage of five payment stocks, with FIS among them. Earlier that day, a market report noted FIS outperformed competitors on a strong trading day. Overall, the week was light on company-specific developments; the main thread was fresh sell-side initiation and shifting sentiment across the payment sector. ## Analyst Ratings The latest tally shows 29 institutions covering FIS: 9 rate it buy, 4 rate it overweight, 15 rate it hold, 1 rates it underweight, and none rate it sell or no opinion. That leaves 23 with buy or overweight and 1 with underweight or sell. The consensus rating is buy, with a consensus target of $50, implying about 31.1% upside from the $38.14 spot price. Targets range from $37 to $77, pointing to a wide spread of views. Within the transaction and payment services industry, FIS ranks 9th out of 45 peers on analyst rating position. ## The Week Ahead The macro calendar is crowded next week. On Tuesday, 15 September, the New York Fed manufacturing index is due, with a prior reading of 20.6 against a 14.75 consensus forecast. Wednesday, 16 September brings a batch of releases: retail sales ex-autos (prior -0.3, forecast 0.6), headline retail sales (prior -0.6, forecast 0.9), retail control (prior -0.4, forecast 0.4), and the NAHB housing market index (prior 35, forecast 34), plus import prices and weekly EIA crude data. For a payment name like FIS, the retail sales prints are the clearest indicator of consumer spending momentum to watch. ## In Short FIS dropped 8.95% this week and lagged the S&P 500 by a wide margin. The sell-side picture remains skewed toward positive ratings, with most of the 29 covering institutions at buy or overweight and a consensus target of $50, about 31% above spot, though the $37 to $77 target range reflects real disagreement. Valuation looks low at roughly 5.8x P/E and 1.2x P/B. Latest-day fund flow data show small-lot selling slightly outweighing large- and medium-lot buying, so the direction is not clean. The key test ahead is next week’s retail sales data, which may either shore up or further shake the payment sector’s consumer-spend narrative, while the new coverage could widen the spread in street views. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [FIS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FIS.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Is Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Undervalued As Its Cloud And AI Story Builds?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297419065.md) - [UBS Sticks to Its Hold Rating for Fidelity National Info (FIS)](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299648069.md) - [Yelp (YELP) Could Be 26% Undervalued After Its Recent Share Slide](https://longbridge.com/en/news/301485818.md) - [How Investors May Respond To Almonty Industries Stock After Plant Certification](https://longbridge.com/en/news/301491412.md) - [Delta Air Lines Faces a Fuel Crisis—But There's a Silver Lining](https://longbridge.com/en/news/301482834.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**