Mastercard Offers New Guidance: Is its Growth Momentum Losing Steam?

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) recently announced guidance for the 2025-2027 timeframe. For this period, it expects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in net revenues at the high end of low-double-digits percentage growth. This indicates a decline from 2022-2024 period’s estimated CAGR of high-teens percentage rate.Moreover, it expects a CAGR in earnings per share (EPS) in the mid-teens for the 2025-2027 period, compared with the low 20s of the 2022-2024 timeframe. However, it estimates the annual operating ...