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Mastercard Incorporated
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545.73 (-1.45%) 7.93
Financials
Financial Services
Mastercard Incorporated a technology company provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders merchants financial institutions digital partners businesses governments and other organizations such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; consumer bill payment services; and commercial credit debit and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses including Virtual Card Number which is generated dynamically from a physical card and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; and a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions. In addition the company offers Mastercard Move which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and partners with central banks fintechs and financial institutions to help governments and nonprofits as well as enables various cross-border payment flows. Further it provides security solutions; personalization issuer and merchant loyalty and marketing services; advanced analytics business intelligence economic and location-based insights payments consulting and operational insights services; processing and gateway solutions; and open banking services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard Maestro and Cirrus names. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase New York.

Quality Checklist 6/8

5Y Shares Out Change < 0%
ROIC > 10%
Current Ratio > 1
Net Margin > 10%
Past Net Income CAGR > 0%
Est. EPS Growth > 5%
Debt/Equity < 1
Quick Ratio > 1
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Market cap: $490.06(B)
EV: $498.41(B)
Total Equity: $7.92(B)
Earnings date: Jan-30-2026
P/E: 34.85
Forward P/E: 33.15
P/FCF: 28.87
P/S: 15.78
P/B: 62.16
EPS: $15.7
EPS (fwd): $16.5
FCF/share: $18.9
Revenue/share: $34.6
Book value/share: $8.8
ROIC: 53.9%
ROA: 28.3%
ROE: 185.7%
Debt/Equity: 2.40
Current Ratio: 1.10
Gross margin: 100.0%
Operating margin: 59.2%
Net margin: 45.3%
Dividend/share: $3.0
Div. yield: 0.56%

MA Valuation & Price Targets

Current Price
$546

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PEvaluation

38% overvalued
Low
$255
Mid
$340
High
$425
Current price
$546
Fair P/E
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Market Model
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Economic moat: Wide

EPS Estimates

LowAvgHigh#
FY+115.916.516.636
FY+218.619.119.738
FY+321.522.222.930
FY+425.025.926.72
FY+528.928.928.91

Analyst Price Targets

21% undervalued
Low
$520
Mid
$660
High
$768
Current price
$546

Analyst Recommendations

Strong Buy5
Buy24
Hold10
Sell0
Strong Sell0

2-stage DCF

First Stage Duration: 5 Years
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Discounted Cash Flow

Forecast years: 5 Years
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0.00%

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Y+5 est.
0.00%

Dividend Discount Model

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Forecast Years: 10 Years
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Final Net Margin
LowMidHigh
Final P/E Ratio
LowMidHigh
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Peter Lynch Fair Value

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Graham Formula

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