The Ratings Game: First Data deal has turned Fiserv into a big short play [MarketWatch]
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First Data deal has turned Fiserv into a big short play Once-sleepy Fiserv Inc. has become the top short play among payments and data-processing companies in the months since it announced an all-stock deal for First Data Corp. Short interest in Fiserv FISV, +0.00% was just $463 million before the company set out in January to acquire First Data FDC, +0.03% in a deal valued at $22 billion. By the end of January, short interest had climbed to over $3 billion, according to analysts at S3 Partners, and it currently stands at $5.3 billion as bears continue to build their short positions. Don’t miss: This $22 billion deal could be just the beginning Fiserv now ranks above Visa Inc. V, +0.18% and Fidelity National Information Services Inc. FIS, -0.02% the next largest short plays in the data-processing and outsourced-services sector with upwards of $4.5 billion in short interest each. Fidelity National Information Services is involved in a mega-merger of its own, after announci
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