Payments giant Mastercard Incorporated (MA) is set to report first-quarter 2025 results on May 1, 2025, before the opening bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the to-be-reported quarter’s earnings is currently pegged at $7.57 per shareon revenues of $7.13 billion. (See the Zacks Earnings Calendar to stay ahead of market-making news.)First-quarter earnings estimates have remained stable over the past 60 days. The bottom-line projection indicates an increase of 7.9% from the year-ago reported number. The Z ...

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MasterCard (MA) closed the most recent trading day at $535.46, moving +1.03% from the previous trading session. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 2.03% for the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 1.23%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 2.74%.Coming into today, shares of the processor of debit and credit card payments had lost 3.47% in the past month. In that same time, the Business Services sector lost 3.26%, while the S&P 500 lost 5.07%.Market participants will be closely followin ...

Highlights Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said hard data from its own Economics Institute shows a 1.4% increase in consumer spending in  March, across its network and the broader economy. Miebach refuted reports that Visa might be taking over from Mastercard as Apple Pay’s processor. Mastercard is using generative AI to deploy "agentic commerce," where AI agents can do things like make – and book – travel plans. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said the payments giant is not seeing consumer spendi ...

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文章核心观点 - 公司虽有长期潜力但当前估值过高 面临宏观压力、盈利预期下调和债务增加等问题 近期表现不佳 建议投资者减持等待更好入场点 [17] 公司估值情况 - 公司远期市盈率30.01倍 远超金融交易行业平均的22.30倍 同行Visa和美国运通分别为26.92倍和15.51倍 [1] 公司股价表现 - 2025年至今公司股价下跌5.1% 表现逊于行业1.4%的跌幅 落后于Visa 2.7%的涨幅 但好于美国运通16.8%的跌幅 同期标普500下跌7.5% [4] 公司近期前景 - 宏观经济逆风使全球消费支出增长乏力 通胀挤压家庭预算 央行谨慎 商业情绪转向谨慎 数字支付领域竞争加剧 特朗普关税暂停作用有限 公司增长面临压力 [8][9][10] 公司应对策略 - 增值服务收入增长 2023年和2024年分别增长17.7%和16.8% 公司在东南亚和拉丁美洲新兴市场扩张 现金储备充足利于有机增长和战略收购 [11][12] 公司其他问题 - 2024年末长期债务达174.8亿美元 较上年的143.4亿美元大幅增加 长期债务与资本比率72.8% 高于行业平均和同行 调整后运营费用呈上升趋势 回扣和激励措施增加影响净收入增长 [13][14] - 公司面临监管审查和法律挑战 《2023年信用卡竞争法案》若通过可能降低交换费 还面临美国和国际反垄断诉讼 [15] 公司盈利预期 - 2025年和2026年每股收益的Zacks共识估计分别有三次和两次下调 无上调情况 [16] 投资建议 - 公司目前Zacks评级为4（卖出） 建议投资者减持股票等待更好时机 [17][18]

文章核心观点 - 公司近期在Zacks.com热门搜索股票榜单上，可考虑影响其股价表现的关键因素，Zacks Rank 4表明其短期内可能跑输大盘 [1][17] 公司股价表现 - 过去一个月公司股价回报率为 -3.9%，同期Zacks标准普尔500综合指数变化为 -6.1%，公司所属的Zacks金融交易服务行业下跌6.5% [2] 盈利预测修正 - Zacks优先评估公司未来盈利预测的变化，盈利预测上调会使股票公允价值上升，进而推动股价上涨，盈利预测修正趋势与短期股价走势有强相关性 [3][4] - 公司本季度预计每股收益3.57美元，同比变化 +7.9%，过去30天Zacks共识预测变化 -0.1%；本财年共识盈利预测15.87美元，同比变化 +8.7%，过去30天变化 -0.1%；下一财年共识盈利预测18.63美元，较去年预期变化 +17.4%，过去一个月变化 -0.1% [5][6] - 因共识预测近期变化幅度及其他三个与盈利预测相关因素，公司被评为Zacks Rank 4（卖出） [7] 营收增长预测 - 公司本季度共识销售预估为71.2亿美元，同比变化 +12.2%；本财年和下一财年预估分别为315.6亿美元和355亿美元，变化分别为 +12.1%和 +12.5% [10] 上次财报结果及惊喜历史 - 公司上一季度报告营收74.9亿美元，同比变化 +14.4%，每股收益3.82美元，去年同期为3.18美元；与Zacks共识预估的73.8亿美元相比，报告营收惊喜为 +1.44%，每股收益惊喜为 +3.8% [11] - 公司在过去四个季度均超过共识每股收益和营收预估 [12] 估值 - 投资决策需考虑股票估值，比较公司估值倍数的当前值与历史值及同行值，有助于判断股票是否合理定价 [13][14] - Zacks价值风格评分系统有助于识别股票是否高估、合理估值或暂时低估，公司在此方面评级为F，表明其相对于同行溢价交易 [15][16]

文章核心观点 加密货币平台Kraken与万事达卡合作推动加密支付发展，此前SEC撤销对其诉讼 [1][4] 合作进展 - Kraken与万事达卡合作 使英国和欧洲客户能在超1.5亿接受万事达卡的商家处使用加密资产消费 [1] - 合作后Kraken将在未来几周推出实体和数字借记卡 拓展支付服务 [3] 公司愿景 - 公司认为加密货币正改变支付行业 愿景是让全球商业和日常支付由加密资产驱动 [2] 过往业务 - 今年1月Kraken推出Kraken Pay功能 支持超300种加密货币和法定货币即时无国界支付 超20万客户使用该服务 [2] 法律事件 - 上月美国证券交易委员会撤销对Kraken的诉讼 该委员会曾在2023年指控其多项违规 [4] - Kraken认为诉讼无价值 归因于白宫和SEC领导层变更 [4] 行业动态 - 随着人工智能代理兴起 加密领域需增加安全协议 [5]