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Credit Cards Visa and MasterCard

12/12/2016

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The Holiday Season always means increased Holiday Spending. For most people that means dusting off the credit cards, and the two most popular cards are Visa and MasterCard. So I thought I'd take a look at these two companies fundamentals and technicals to see if either of these two companies would fit into my type of investing which are increasing revenues, earnings and dividends. 
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MasterCard Inc (MA) declared a $0.22/share quarterly dividend, a 15.8% increase from its prior dividend of $0.19. The forward yield is now 0.86% and payable on Feb 9 for shareholders of record Jan 9. The Ex-div date Jan 5. The Board also approved a new share repurchase program, authorizing the company to repurchase up to $4B of its Class A common stock.
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Visa Inc. operates a payments technology that facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among consumers, businesses, strategic partners, and government entities. It operates VisaNet, a processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions; and offers fraud protection for account holders and assured payment for merchants. The company also offers gateway services for merchants to accept, process, and reconcile payments; manage fraud; and safeguard payment security online, as well as processing services for participating issuers of visa debit, prepaid, and ATM payment products. In addition, it provides digital products, including Visa Checkout that offers consumers an expedited and secure payment experience for online transactions; and Visa Direct, a push payment product platform, which facilitates payer-initiated transactions that are sent directly to the Visa account of the recipient, as well as Visa token service that replaces the card account numbers from the transaction with a token. Further the company offers corporate (travel) and purchasing card products, as well as value-added services. It provides its services under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, V PAY, and PLUS brands. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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MasterCard Inc. provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers related products and services. The company also offers value-added services, such as loyalty and reward programs, and information and consulting services. In addition, it provides cross-border and domestic processing services; and issuer and acquirer processing solutions, and payment and mobile gateways. Further, the company offers various payment products and solutions for cardholders, merchants, financial institutions, and governments; programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with cards to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid payment programs and management services; and commercial payment products and solutions. Additionally, it provides products and services to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud and ensure the safety of transactions. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus brands. MasterCard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
​(Summary) (Company) (Chart)
12 December 2016
Price $79.14
1yr Target $93.93
Analysts 30
Dividend $0.66
Payout Ratio 32.03%

1yr Cap Gain 18.68%
Yield 0.83%
1yr Tot Return 19.51%

P/E 38.34
PEG 2.33
Beta 0.96

EPS (ttm) $2.06
EPS next yr $3.84
Forward P/E 20.60
EPS next 5yr 16.47%
1yr Price Support $63.24

Market Cap $184.44 Bil
Revenues $15.08 Bil
Earnings $5.93 Bil
Profit Margin 39.32%

Quick Ratio 1.80 
Current Ratio 1.80
Debt/Equity 0.58

1yr RevGR 8.65%
3yr RevGR 8.50%
5yr RevGR 10.41%

1yr EarnGR -3.88%
3yr EarnGR 9.18%
5yr EarnGR 13.96%

1yr DivGR 17.00%
3yr DivGR 18.69%
5yr DivGR 28.34%

ROA 10.00%
ROE 20.00%


12 December 2016
Price $104.41
1yr Target $118.47
Analysts 30
Dividend $0.76
Payout Ratio 20.99%

1yr Cap Gain 13.46%
Yield 0.72%
1yr Tot Return 14.18%

P/E 28.85
PEG 1.91
Beta 1.20

EPS (ttm) $3.62
EPS next yr $4.30
Forward P/E 24.29
EPS next 5yr 15.09%
1yr Price Support $64.88

Market Cap $112.73 Bil
Revenues $10.54 Bil
Earnings $4.02 Bil
Profit Margin 38.14%

Quick Ratio 1.70
Current Ratio 1.70
Debt/Equity 0.53

1yr RevGR 2.39%
3yr RevGR 9.26%
5yr RevGR 11.78%

1yr EarnGR 8.06%
3yr EarnGR 15.05%
5yr EarnGR 18.97%

1yr DivGR 36.73%
3yr DivGR 76.39%
5yr DivGR 62.02%

ROA 24.40%
ROE 68.20%

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