VeriFone Systems Inc (PAY), eBay Inc (EBAY), Groupon Inc (GRPN): Is This Company Destined for Greatness?

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Part of VeriFone’s problem — and perhaps its largest challenge — will lie in upending or supplanting the existing mobile payments infrastructure, much of which has grown around eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)‘s PayPal, which has been pushing mobile-based payments for years. Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) has also executed a major business shift toward payments processing, but it’s tough to call the erstwhile daily deals leader VeriFone’s biggest competitor. VeriFone would like to move into this space, but it’s also a threat to the company’s bread-and-butter point-of-sale payment systems.

One reason to invest in VeriFone today, according to a recent Bloomberg report, is that the company is now so discounted that it might be an attractive buyout target. This might not produce as much return as a long-range turnaround, but any gains are better than none!

Putting the pieces together
Today, VeriFone has some of the qualities that make up a great stock, but no stock is truly perfect. Digging deeper can help you uncover the answers you need to make a great buy — or to stay away from a stock that’s going nowhere.

The article Is VeriFone Destined for Greatness? originally appeared on Fool.com.

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