For the quarter ended March 2025, MasterCard (MA) reported revenue of $7.25 billion, up 14.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.73, compared to $3.31 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.12 billion, representing a surprise of +1.81%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.48%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $3.57.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: 40.1 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of 40.29 billion.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Worldwide: $1,993 billion versus $2,043.36 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Canada: $58 billion versus $62.68 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - APMEA: $437 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $450.92 billion.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - United States: $699 billion versus $701.01 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Latin America: $148 billion compared to the $162.67 billion average estimate based on four analysts.
- Purchase volume - All MasterCard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Europe: $651 billion versus $663.57 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Gross dollar volume - All Mastercard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - APMEA: $587 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $591.65 billion.
- Gross dollar volume - All Mastercard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Canada: $60 billion versus $64.95 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Gross dollar volume - All Mastercard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Europe: $805 billion versus $840.75 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Gross dollar volume - All Mastercard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Latin America: $202 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $224.13 billion.
- Gross dollar volume - All Mastercard Credit, Charge and Debit Programs - Worldwide less United States: $1,653 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1,721.48 billion.
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Shares of MasterCard have returned +0.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% 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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