Mastercard Incorporated

BATS-CHIXE:M4ID Stock Report

Market Cap: €382.8b

Mastercard Valuation

Is M4ID undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of M4ID when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: M4ID (€424.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€424.72)

Significantly Below Fair Value: M4ID is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for M4ID?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

M4ID key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue16.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA26.5x
PEG Ratio3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does M4ID's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for M4ID vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average39.4x
WISE Wise
19.7x-2.6%UK£7.0b
NETW Network International Holdings
40.1x30.3%UK£2.1b
V Visa
29x10.2%US$525.2b
BOKU Boku
68.8x23.1%UK£548.6m
M4ID Mastercard
34.6x11.6%€410.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: M4ID is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the peer average (39.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does M4ID's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: M4ID is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the UK Diversified Financial industry average (12.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is M4ID's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

M4ID PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate M4ID's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst M4ID forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€424.70
€479.07
+12.8%
5.7%€574.10€421.01n/a37
Jun ’25n/a
€474.40
0%
5.5%€566.54€415.46n/a37
May ’25n/a
€480.30
0%
6.1%€575.21€385.34n/a37
Apr ’25n/a
€469.94
0%
5.3%€530.90€380.40n/a36
Mar ’25n/a
€467.75
0%
5.5%€531.36€380.73n/a37
Feb ’25€422.60
€452.97
+7.2%
7.1%€493.12€379.04n/a36
Jan ’25n/a
€414.46
0%
6.5%€472.16€372.28n/a35
Dec ’24€376.00
€409.76
+9.0%
5.1%€446.20€374.29n/a34
Nov ’24€352.40
€421.33
+19.6%
5.0%€457.33€383.63n/a35
Oct ’24n/a
€433.52
0%
5.8%€500.86€384.40n/a33
Sep ’24n/a
€418.50
0%
6.1%€487.74€358.66n/a34
Aug ’24€358.80
€409.78
+14.2%
6.1%€481.07€353.76n/a34
Jul ’24n/a
€396.34
0%
4.4%€436.11€356.40n/a34
Jun ’24n/a
€403.87
0%
4.7%€443.73€362.63n/a33
May ’24n/a
€392.86
0%
4.5%€430.23€354.57n/a34
Apr ’24n/a
€393.66
0%
4.8%€435.42€358.85n/a34
Mar ’24n/a
€395.00
0%
5.6%€439.95€335.56n/a35
Feb ’24n/a
€387.58
0%
6.3%€434.19€326.56€422.6035
Jan ’24n/a
€374.18
0%
7.5%€445.28€292.45n/a34
Dec ’23n/a
€381.12
0%
7.9%€455.67€299.27€376.0035
Nov ’23n/a
€400.85
0%
7.7%€477.85€313.84€352.4035
Oct ’23n/a
€425.67
0%
8.0%€481.68€318.40n/a35
Sep ’23n/a
€415.01
0%
6.7%€464.21€362.91n/a34
Aug ’23n/a
€409.36
0%
8.3%€462.09€296.64€358.8035
Jul ’23n/a
€409.65
0%
7.5%€452.70€342.40n/a34
Jun ’23n/a
€402.77
0%
7.4%€449.09€334.01n/a34

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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