Mastercard Incorporated (MA)
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally.
Scored against other Financial Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Mastercard is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- The stock has been climbing and sits near the top of its range for the year.
- Worth watching
- Its price is high compared with other financial companies, given its sales and profits.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 36 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Mastercard Incorporated
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally…
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Credit Services
- Employees
- 39,800
- Headquarters
- Purchase, NY
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 34.0 — lower than 6% of Financial Services peers
P/B 96.5 — lower than 0% of Financial Services peers
P/S 15.4 — lower than 9% of Financial Services peers
EV/EBITDA 24.9 — lower than 6% of Financial Services peers
EV/Revenue 15.8 — lower than 9% of Financial Services peers
PEG 1.6 — lower than 36% of Financial Services peers
FCF yield 3.1% — higher than 31% of Financial Services peers
Profitability & quality
Operating margin 61.1% — higher than 94% of Financial Services peers
Net margin 46.3% — higher than 94% of Financial Services peers
ROE 241.2% — higher than 100% of Financial Services peers
ROA 24.1% — higher than 100% of Financial Services peers
Free cash flow is 104% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 4.4 — lower than 8% of Financial Services peers
Current ratio 1.06 — higher than 67% of Financial Services peers
Quick ratio 0.67 — higher than 58% of Financial Services peers
Cash/debt 0.47 — higher than 29% of Financial Services peers
Debt/EBITDA 1.11 — lower than 67% of Financial Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth 14.1% YoY — higher than 71% of Financial Services peers
Earnings growth 22.1% YoY — higher than 66% of Financial Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 17.9% — somewhat unusual vs Financial Services peers
Net insider selling, -2.4% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -11.5% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
0.7% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
97% of the way from its 52-week low to high