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MA - Mastercard Incorporated
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
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PRICE TARGET:
$651.75
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HIGH:
$739.00
LOW:
$561.00
MEDIAN:
$657.50
CONSENSUS:
$651.75
UPSIDE:
19.90%
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Price Targets
MasterCard initiated with an Overweight at Barclays
$640.00
(was $531.62)
Barclays
MasterCard price target raised to $680 from $660 at Baird
$680.00
(was $533.10)
David Koning
·
Robert W. Baird
MasterCard initiated with an Overweight at Piper Sandler
$597.00
(was $509.64)
Bill Carcache
·
Piper Sandler
MasterCard price target lowered to $561 from $590 at Truist
$561.00
(was $497.81)
Truist Financial
MasterCard price target lowered to $665 from $675 at Macquarie
$665.00
(was $495.46)
Paul Golding
·
Macquarie
MasterCard price target raised to $679 from $678 at Morgan Stanley
$679.00
(was $495.20)
Morgan Stanley
MasterCard price target lowered to $640 from $650 at UBS
$640.00
(was $501.29)
UBS
MasterCard price target lowered to $609 from $631 at Raymond James
$609.00
(was $503.39)
Raymond James
MasterCard price target lowered to $665 from $670 at Susquehanna
$665.00
(was $502.92)
Susquehanna
MasterCard price target lowered to $590 from $611 at Truist
$590.00
(was $500.86)
Truist Financial
MasterCard initiated with an Outperform at BMO Capital
$605.00
(was $511.35)
Andrew Bauch
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BMO Capital
MasterCard (MA) PT Raised to $735 at Tigress Financial Partners
$735.00
(was $497.55)
Ivan Feinseth
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Tigress Financial
MasterCard price target raised to $611 from $609 at Truist
$611.00
(was $545.05)
Truist Financial
MasterCard upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Daiwa
$610.00
(was $555.37)
Kazuya Nishimura
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Daiwa
MasterCard price target raised to $678 from $665 at Morgan Stanley
$678.00
(was $543.73)
James Faucette
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Morgan Stanley
MasterCard price target raised to $739 from $710 at Goldman Sachs
$739.00
(was $543.73)
Goldman Sachs
MasterCard price target raised to $668 from $660 at Wells Fargo
$668.00
(was $543.73)
Wells Fargo
MasterCard price target lowered to $631 from $707 at Raymond James
$631.00
(was $542.07)
John Davis
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Raymond James
MasterCard price target lowered to $685 from $768 at Rothschild & Co Redburn
$685.00
(was $520.41)
Fahed Kunwar
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Redburn Partners
MasterCard initiated with an Overweight at Cantor Fitzgerald
$650.00
(was $527.36)
Cantor Fitzgerald