Global payments technology company Mastercard (NYSE: MA) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Mastercard beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $9.28 billion, up 14.1% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Mastercard’s revenue to grow 12.5% year on year, slowing from the 16.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Mastercard has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Mastercard’s peers in the credit card segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Capital One delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.5%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Bread Financial reported revenues up 4.7%, in line with consensus estimates. Capital One traded up 2.5% following the results while Bread Financial was down 8%.
Read our full analysis of Capital One’s results here and Bread Financial’s results here.
Investors in the credit card segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Mastercard is up 7.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $676.04 (compared to the current share price of $611.06).
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