Marqeta (MQ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Marqeta, Inc. is a financial technology company that provides modern card-issuing and payment-processing infrastructure. Its cloud-based platform enables businesses to create, launch and manage physical, virtual and tokenized payment cards through application programming interfaces (APIs), without building a payments system from the ground up.

The company’s services include card issuance, transaction processing, payment authorization, fraud and risk management, digital wallet tokenization, real-time transaction controls and just-in-time funding. Marqeta’s platform is used by fintech companies, digital banks, lenders, marketplaces, expense-management providers and other businesses seeking to offer customized payment products.

Founded in 2010 by Jason Gardner, Marqeta initially focused on developer-friendly card-issuing tools and expanded its platform to support a range of commercial and consumer payment applications. The company serves customers in the United States and internationally, including markets in Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and other regions where its issuing and processing capabilities are available.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $15.49 to $15.77
• 50-Day Range: $15.48 to $18.36
• 52-Week Range: $14.80 to $23.33
• Volume: 1.28 million shs
• Average Volume: 607,430 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 141.55
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $19.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Marqeta Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marqeta scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 426th out of 835 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Marqeta has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.09, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Marqeta has a consensus price target of $19.75, representing about 26.8% upside from its current price of $15.57.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Marqeta has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 89.29%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Marqeta are expected to grow by 89.29% in the coming year, from $0.28 to $0.53 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Marqeta is 141.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marqeta is 141.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.31.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Marqeta has a P/B Ratio of 2.21. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.42% of the float of Marqeta has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Marqeta has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.02.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Marqeta has recently increased by 0.23%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Marqeta does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Marqeta does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.34

News Sentiment

Marqeta has a news sentiment score of 0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Marqeta this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for MQ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Marqeta to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Marqeta insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $316,500.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.71% of the stock of Marqeta is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.64% of the stock of Marqeta is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 9/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:MQ
• CIK: 1522540
• Web: www.marqeta.com
• Phone: 888-462-7738
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 938
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Marqeta: $19.75
• High Price Target: $24.00
• Low Price Target: $18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +26.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.09
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 141.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: 55.61
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$13.93 million
• Net Margins: 1.53%
• Pretax Margin: 1.66%
• Return on Equity: 1.36%
• Return on Assets: 0.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.66
• Quick Ratio: 1.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $624.88 million
• Price / Sales: 2.59
• Cash Flow: $0.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 134.79
• Book Value: $7.05 per share
• Price / Book: 2.21

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 104,100,000
• Free Float: 89,827,000
• Market Cap: $1.62 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.29