Mastercard

Mastercard boosts dividend shortly after announcing new European interchange resolution

Mastercard Inc. MA, +0.48% announced Tuesday that it was boosting its quarterly dividend to 33 cents a share, up from 25 cents a share previously. The company also said that it has received board approval for a new share-repurchase program that will allow it to buy back up to $6.5 billion of its Class A shares, which will become effective after the company's prior $4 billion repurchase program is complete. 

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/master...2018-12-04

Mehr als eine halbe Milliarde - EU-Kommission bestraft Mastercard

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Wie die EU-Kommission mitteilte, verhängt sie gegen Mastercard eine Geldbuße in Höhe von 570 Millionen Euro (rund 648 Millionen Dollar). Nach Ansicht der Kommission hatte Mastercard den Zugang von Händlern zu grenzüberschreitenden Kartenzahlungsdiensten in unzulässiger Weise beschränkt.

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Mastercard stock gains after earnings beat

Mastercard Inc. MA, shares are up 4.6% in premarket trading after the payments giant reported mixed fourth-quarter results, beating on earnings but delivering in-line revenue. The company posted net income of $900 million, or 87 cents a share, up from $200 million, or 21 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The year-ago net income was impacted by a much higher tax rate, in conjunction with new tax policies in the U.S. Adjusted earnings per share rose to $1.55 from $1.14, and the metric came in above the FactSet consensus of $1.52. Net revenue climbed to $3.8 billion from $3.3 billion, in line with the FactSet consensus. 

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/master...2019-01-31

Mastercard's First-Quarter Earnings Beat Analysts' Forecasts

Mastercard reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue amid strong transaction volumes and a boost from new products and services.

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Mastercard said net income for the first quarter came in at $1.9 billion, or $1.80 a share, compared with $1.5 billion, or $1.41 a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings per share were $1.78, up from $1.50 a year earlier and well above the $1.66 a share analysts surveyed by FactSet had been expecting.

Revenue rose to $3.89 billion from $3.58 billion, slightly ahead of analysts' forecasts of $3.85 billion.

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MasterCard (MA) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates

MasterCard (MA) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.15 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.01 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.78 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 6.97%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this processor of debit and credit card payments would post earnings of $1.82 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.89, delivering a surprise of 3.85%.

Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.

MasterCard, which belongs to the Zacks Financial Transaction Services industry, posted revenues of $4.47 billion for the quarter ended September 2019, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.97%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $3.90 billion.


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Mastercard (MA) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Match

Mastercard Incorporated MA reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.96 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.81%. Earnings improved 26% year over year.

Better-than-expected results were primarily driven by higher switched transactions, increase in cross-border volume and gross dollar volume, and gains from acquisitions. Increase in rebates and incentives year over year was a partial dampener.

Mastercard’s revenues of $4.4 billion met the Zacks Consensus Estimate and grew 16% year over year.


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Mastercard rauschen gestern 7% in den keller:

Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to step down at year end, chief product officer to assume top job

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/master...yptr=yahoo

Mastercard First-Quarter Profit Tops Forecast

Shares of Mastercard  (MA) - Get Report rose after the credit-processing titan reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations.

Adjusted earnings per share totaled $1.83 in the quarter, up from $1.78 a year earlier and above analysts’ average forecast of $1.72, according to FactSet.

Revenue registered $4 billion in the latest quarter, up 3% from $3.9 billion a year earlier and above analysts’ prediction of $3.96 billion.

GAAP net income totaled $1.7 billion in the latest quarter, or $1.68 a share, down from $1.9 billion, or $1.80, a year earlier.


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MasterCard (MA) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

MasterCard (MA) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.60 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.65 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.15 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -3.03%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this processor of debit and credit card payments would post earnings of $1.15 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.36, delivering a surprise of 18.26%.

Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.

MasterCard, which belongs to the Zacks Financial Transaction Services industry, posted revenues of $3.84 billion for the quarter ended September 2020, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.62%.


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dieser Artikel in der FAZ ist mir nicht ganz klar. Mastercard stellt den Service für Maestro ein.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/mas...92682.html

Auf Millionen Karten prangt das rot-blaue Logo von Maestro. Mastercard stellt den Service nun ein. Was das für die Banken bedeutet – und die Kunden

wenn ich es richtig verstehe ist der Unterschied zwischen Debit und Kreditkarte entscheidend. Mastercard (und später auch Visa) wollen den Kunden weglocken von der Nutzung der ec-Karte und hin zu einer Art Kreditkarte (mit höheren Provisionen?).