We're taking a closer look at Mastercard today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -0.2% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally.
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Mastercard has moved 19.0% over the last year compared to 16.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 3.0%
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MA has an average analyst rating of buy and is -9.97% away from its mean target price of $427.96 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $11.47
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Mastercard has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $13.65 and its forward P/E ratio is 28.2
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MA has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.1, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 57.32 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Mastercard is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.33 and an average P/B of 3.12
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Mastercard has on average reported free cash flows of $8.58 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 11.2%