Q1 Earnings Forecast for Mastercard Issued By KeyCorp

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) – Equities research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Mastercard in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp analyst A. Markgraff forecasts that the credit services provider will post earnings per share of $3.68 for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mastercard’s current full-year earnings is $14.47 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Mastercard’s Q2 2025 earnings at $4.11 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $4.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $4.30 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $16.50 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $19.25 EPS.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The credit services provider reported $3.89 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.73 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $7.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.27 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 178.27% and a net margin of 45.26%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 12.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.39 earnings per share.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on MA. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Mastercard from $591.00 to $588.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $533.00 to $567.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. BNP Paribas cut shares of Mastercard from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $470.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $572.00 target price on shares of Mastercard in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on shares of Mastercard from $593.00 to $580.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 1st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $562.76.

Mastercard Stock Performance

Shares of MA stock opened at $523.28 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $519.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $483.43. Mastercard has a one year low of $416.53 and a one year high of $537.13. The stock has a market cap of $480.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.58, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.36, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 1.29.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Mastercard

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in MA. Garden State Investment Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in Mastercard by 5.0% in the third quarter. Garden State Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 655 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $324,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the period. American Trust raised its position in shares of Mastercard by 13.8% in the 3rd quarter. American Trust now owns 11,157 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $5,509,000 after acquiring an additional 1,352 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,501,814 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $3,800,836,000 after purchasing an additional 304,293 shares during the period. Synovus Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Mastercard by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 41,645 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $20,563,000 after purchasing an additional 4,843 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB grew its stake in Mastercard by 30.3% during the third quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 75,960 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $37,509,000 after purchasing an additional 17,648 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Mastercard Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.76 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.58%. This is an increase from Mastercard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.66. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.97%.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, December 17th that authorizes the company to buyback $12.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the credit services provider to buy up to 2.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Company Profile

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; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions.