Mastercard Competitors

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Dividends

Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Visa pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Mastercard pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Visa pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Visa has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Visa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Volatility & Risk

Mastercard has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visa has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mastercard and Visa's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Visa has higher revenue and earnings than Mastercard. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Mastercard and Visa, as reported by MarketBeat.

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $353.4375, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Visa has a consensus price target of $222.7143, suggesting a potential upside of 10.24%. Given Visa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Visa is more favorable than Mastercard.

Profitability

This table compares Mastercard and Visa's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Mastercard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Mastercard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Visa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mastercard beats Visa on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Dividends

Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Accenture pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Mastercard pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Accenture pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Accenture has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Risk and Volatility

Mastercard has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accenture has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mastercard and Accenture's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Mastercard has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Accenture. Accenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mastercard and Accenture, as reported by MarketBeat.

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $353.4375, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Accenture has a consensus price target of $251.4167, suggesting a potential downside of 1.32%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Accenture.

Profitability

This table compares Mastercard and Accenture's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Accenture shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Mastercard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Accenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mastercard beats Accenture on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Dividends

Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Fidelity National Information Services pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Mastercard pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Information Services pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Risk and Volatility

Mastercard has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mastercard and Fidelity National Information Services' gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mastercard and Fidelity National Information Services, as reported by MarketBeat.

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $353.4375, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $162.7241, suggesting a potential upside of 26.06%. Given Fidelity National Information Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Information Services is more favorable than Mastercard.

Profitability

This table compares Mastercard and Fidelity National Information Services' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Mastercard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mastercard beats Fidelity National Information Services on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Dividends

Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Mastercard pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&P Global pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and S&P Global has raised its dividend for 46 consecutive years. S&P Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Risk and Volatility

Mastercard has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mastercard and S&P Global's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than S&P Global. S&P Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mastercard and S&P Global, as reported by MarketBeat.

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $353.4375, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. S&P Global has a consensus price target of $386.6154, suggesting a potential upside of 22.68%. Given S&P Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Mastercard.

Profitability

This table compares Mastercard and S&P Global's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Mastercard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of S&P Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Mastercard has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiserv has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mastercard and Fiserv's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than Fiserv. Fiserv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mastercard and Fiserv, as reported by MarketBeat.

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $353.4375, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Fiserv has a consensus price target of $128.1250, suggesting a potential upside of 19.43%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Mastercard.

Profitability

This table compares Mastercard and Fiserv's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Mastercard shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mastercard beats Fiserv on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Dividends

Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mastercard pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Automatic Data Processing pays out 62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years. Automatic Data Processing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Risk and Volatility

Mastercard has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mastercard and Automatic Data Processing's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than Automatic Data Processing. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mastercard and Automatic Data Processing, as reported by MarketBeat.

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $353.4375, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $158.8571, suggesting a potential downside of 1.93%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.

Profitability

This table compares Mastercard and Automatic Data Processing's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Mastercard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mastercard beats Automatic Data Processing on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.