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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) on Decifer

Decifer ranks MA number 252 of 268 tracked names on durable business quality.

Why it ranks here

  • Sales are growing about 16% a year, faster than 60 in 100 companies we measure.
  • It keeps about 50 cents of every sales dollar as cash, safer than 98 in 100 companies we measure.
  • It earns about 48% a year on the money put into the business, better than 97 in 100 companies we measure.
  • It costs about 34 times its yearly profit; the middle of its industry is 13. Cheaper than 11 in 100 companies we measure, against their own industries.

The current read

The evidence on MA lines up on the supportive side: a live market force supports this name through its theme connection. The independent signals we track are telling the same story.

Themes

  • Digital Payments: Consumer and commercial payment volume is migrating structurally to digital rails, with cross-border e-commerce and emerging-market card penetration compounding double-digit annual growth.

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