Barclays analyst Ramsey El Assal maintains $MasterCard (MA.US)$ with a buy rating, and maintains the target price at $576.
According to TipRanks data, the analyst has a success rate of 57.8% and a total average return of 3.7% over the past year.
Furthermore, according to the comprehensive report, the opinions of $MasterCard (MA.US)$'s main analysts recently are as follows:
The company's investor day affirmed the viewpoint that key elements of the investment rationale remain solid, suggesting that shares have the potential to grow consistently alongside earnings, with a slight expansion in multiples. The updated financial outlook, which anticipates high-end low-double-digit revenue growth, a minimum operating margin of 55%, and mid-teens adjusted EPS growth, aligns with current market predictions and investor anticipations.
The firm has reaffirmed MasterCard's compelling and sustainable growth profile, emphasizing the foundational elements in place to maintain a double-digit growth path through 2027.
The company has projected financial goals for 2025-2027 and has discussed investor concerns about the continued growth potential in consumer payments and the capability to hasten the secular transition in commercial payments/new flows. Furthermore, the company's financial targets appear to be 'conservative', suggesting a potential 2-3 point deceleration in payment network revenue growth by 2027.
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