Use access key #2 to skip to page content.
$253.74 -1.75 (-0.68%)
7/3/2008 1:00 PM

MasterCard, Inc. (MA)

CAPS Rating:
***

A global payment solutions company that provides various services in support of the credit, debit & related payment programs to financial institutes. Also develops & markets payment solutions, process payment transactions & provide consulting services.

Rating a stock in CAPS consists of three components:

Your call - Will this stock outperform or underperform the S&P 500? Successful picks are measured in terms of whether or not you were correct and by how many percentage points.

Your time frame - A guideline for other players to see whether your thinking is short or long-term. Time frame is also used to calculate the stock rating, but is not used in the scoring of your pick.

Your pitch - Here's your chance to offer more detailed thoughts, analysis, concerns, or the rationale behind your call. The pitch is optional and may be added later.

Each time you rate a stock, CAPS updates the community intelligence for the company, which may or may not change its CAPS rating. For more information, visit the Help tab at the top of the page.

You aren't currently rating MA

Add Stock to Watchlist

What the Community Thinks Add a widget featuring this stock to your blog!

Total Players

2414 Outperforms
226 Underperforms
 

All-Stars

750 Outperforms
78 Underperforms
 

Wall Street

16 Outperforms
0 Underperforms
 

Players bullish on MA are also bullish on:

Players bearish on MA are also bearish on:

Ticker Tags

Business Services (163), Large Cap (467), Credit Card (10), It's a State! (22), IPO in 2006 (165), Financial Data Processing (14)
Suggest a tag

MasterCard, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $253.74
Last Trade Time: 7/3/2008 1:00 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $255.49
Daily Range: $250.50 - $259.80
52-Week Range: $120.00 - $320.30
Volume: 1,579,154
Market Cap: $21.99B
P/E Ratio: 25.89
Compare Our Special Broker Offers!

Stock Trends

MA VS S&P 500 (SPY)

MA 12 month chart vs. S&P

News & Discussion Boards

Other News Headlines for MA

More Headlines...

Top Bull Pitch

Recs

14

MasterCard, Inc. (MA)

Avatar zo6racer (95.47) Submitted: 4/19/08 12:38 AM

MA is a great company, they don't have any credit risk and they profit every time you swipe your card. With prices rising, fewer and fewer people are paying cash, especially at the pump, and they are defaulting to good old Master Card Plastic. MA on any pullback is a buy.

Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Top Bear Pitch

Recs

4

MasterCard, Inc. (MA)

Avatar xac33ncsu (< 20) Submitted: 1/14/08 9:15 PM

Consumer credit is the next to fall. I realize MA doesn't directly carry and debt risk, but once the S hits the fan no one's going want to be around anything related to consumer credit.

Plus valuations are a little ridiculous for what they do.

Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

CAPS Players

picks per page. CHANGE

Results 1 - 5 of 445 :   1 2 3 4 5 Next » Jump to page:

Recs

0

 (MA)

Avatar Afropuffashion (44.66) Submitted: 6/30/08 12:55 AM : Underperform Start Price: $273.97 MA Score: 6.12

Oh behave!





Fellow fools; this is madness, and madness I say. I only hate I didn’t get the points from $320.





The small caps have written the message on the walls. People are using their credit because they don’t have any cash; some of those credit lines are based upon mortgage lines of credit. Eventually, they won’t have any cards; government is going to demand MX to repay overcharges, etc. It will be worse then the real estate crises.





Don’t go to the light, it is the glow fueled from the pit below … Dante knows it well. When you smell the brimstone, and see horn, it is time to run.


Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (MA)

Avatar ypcheng (98.60) Submitted: 6/29/08 9:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $273.97 MA Score: -6.12

In a recession, people will depend more on credit.

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (MA)

Avatar imobillc (20.88) Submitted: 6/28/08 12:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $274.58 MA Score: -5.71

BUY!

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (MA)

Avatar bugeang (99.09) Submitted: 6/26/08 9:51 PM : Underperform Start Price: $275.01 MA Score: 6.10

1.5 billion dollar lawsuit

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (MA)

Avatar bwd81 (24.58) Submitted: 6/26/08 9:41 AM : Outperform Start Price: $281.14 MA Score: -6.62

For some a necessary evil, for some a tool. For me....I don't owe you a dime....Ha.

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Results 1 - 5 of 445 :   1 2 3 4 5 Next » Jump to page:

Wall Street

Results 1 - 16 of 16  

picks per page. CHANGE Expand All Pitches

Top
Pick
Player NamePlayer RatingStart
Date
CallTime FrameStart
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
ScorePitch
TrackCharlesPayn < 20 03/14/08 03/14/08 Outperform 3M $208.51+21.69%-2.55%+24.24
TrackStifel 88.08 02/08/08 02/08/08 Outperform NS $203.11+24.93%-5.36%+30.29
TrackKeyBancCapi 94.33 01/04/08 01/04/08 Outperform NS $204.53+24.06%-11.88%+35.94
TrackHeebner 99.68 12/31/07 12/31/07 Outperform NS $214.90+18.08%-13.61%+31.69 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackBearStearns 90.63 12/20/07 12/20/07 Outperform NS $215.26+17.88%-13.98%+31.86
TrackKBW < 20 12/11/07 12/11/07 Outperform NS $219.02+15.85%-16.98%+32.83
TrackDeutscheSec 87.34 11/06/07 11/06/07 Outperform NS $192.19+32.03%-16.27%+48.30
TrackAGEdwards 94.66 08/15/07 08/15/07 Outperform NS $133.20+90.49%-11.68%+102.17
TrackUBS 96.25 05/08/07 05/08/07 Outperform NS $135.06+87.87%-16.12%+103.99
TrackCalyonSec 95.55 04/02/07 04/02/07 Outperform NS $106.81+137.56%-11.15%+148.71
TrackSunTrustRH 81.24 03/15/07 03/15/07 Outperform NS $105.01+141.63%-9.11%+150.74
TrackJPMorgan 90.73 02/13/07 02/13/07 Outperform NS $103.52+145.12%-12.14%+157.26
TrackKeyBanc 86.85 12/06/06 12/06/06 Outperform NS $100.72+151.92%-10.96%+162.88
TrackLehmanBros 88.34 09/11/06 09/11/06 Outperform NS $59.47+326.65%-2.73%+329.38
TrackPatDorsey 76.30 09/01/06 09/01/06 Outperform 3Y $56.37+350.17%-3.89%+354.06
TrackJimCramer 83.36 05/31/06 05/31/06 Outperform 3W $44.73+467.25%-1.09%+468.33

Results 1 - 16 of 16  

Beat this Stock

Clicking "Beat this Stock!" will bring you to a company with a higher rating than the one you're currently viewing.

Even though CAPS shows only one- to five-star rankings, behind the scenes, all companies in CAPS have a distinct numerical ranking. In other words, there is a No. 1 stock in CAPS and a worst-ranked stock in CAPS. When you arrive at the top-ranked stock, clicking "Beat this Stock!" will cause the page to refresh.

That is, until there is a new No. 1 stock!

These companies do not represent formal Motley Fool recommendations. Please do your own due diligence before investing. Fool on.

Featured Broker Partners