For the quarter ended June 2025, MasterCard (MA) reported revenue of $8.13 billion, up 16.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.15, compared to $3.59 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.99 billion, representing a surprise of +1.85%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +2.47%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $4.05.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how MasterCard performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Switched transactions: 43.54 billion compared to the 43.54 billion average estimate based on four analysts.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Worldwide: $2,182.00 billion compared to the $2,168.12 billion average estimate based on four analysts.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Latin America: $159.00 billion versus $164.76 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Europe: $757.00 billion versus $728.59 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Canada: $68.00 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $69.11 billion.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - APMEA: $452.00 billion versus $447.58 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - United States: $746.00 billion versus $750.84 billion estimated by three analysts on average.
- Cash transactions - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Canada: 7 million compared to the 7.09 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Cash transactions - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Europe: 935 million compared to the 1.04 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Cash transactions - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Latin America: 428 million versus 489.01 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Cash transactions - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - United States: 297 million compared to the 307.8 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Cash transactions - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Worldwide: 3.1 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of 3.39 billion.
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Shares of MasterCard have returned -0.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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