Marqeta Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 MQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MQ's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MQ's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As MQ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MQ. This is calculated by dividing MQ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MQ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio145x
EarningsUS$14.03m
Market CapUS$2.03b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for MQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.6x
EVTC EVERTEC
27.5x17.1%US$2.3b
PAGS PagSeguro Digital
7.2x10.2%US$2.5b
SEZL Sezzle
46.4x16.5%US$2.6b
WU Western Union
5.5x-4.7%US$3.7b
MQ Marqeta
145x-33.8%US$2.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (145x) compared to the peer average (21.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FOA Finance of America Companies
1.3x-143.9%US$510.32m
PMIR PMI Group
1.2xn/aUS$6.80m
ACGX Alliance Creative Group
2.2xn/aUS$467.92k
No more companies available in this PE range
MQ 145.0xIndustry Avg. 18.6xNo. of Companies11PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (145x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (18.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MQ'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.

MQ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio145x
Fair PE Ratio8.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (145x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x).


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 MQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$4.05
US$5.41
+33.5%
16.1%US$7.00US$4.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$5.85
US$7.22
+23.4%
13.8%US$9.00US$5.50n/a17
Oct ’25US$4.82
US$7.25
+50.4%
13.2%US$9.00US$6.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$5.33
US$7.25
+36.0%
13.2%US$9.00US$6.00n/a17
Aug ’25US$5.13
US$7.37
+43.6%
13.5%US$9.00US$5.50n/a17
Jul ’25US$5.55
US$7.49
+34.9%
12.6%US$9.00US$5.50n/a17
Jun ’25US$5.32
US$7.51
+41.3%
11.8%US$9.00US$6.00n/a17
May ’25US$5.50
US$7.60
+38.2%
11.4%US$9.00US$6.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$5.71
US$7.67
+34.4%
11.6%US$9.00US$6.00n/a16
Mar ’25US$6.40
US$7.75
+21.1%
13.0%US$10.00US$6.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$6.02
US$7.36
+22.3%
15.9%US$9.00US$5.00n/a17
Jan ’25US$6.98
US$7.19
+3.0%
16.5%US$9.00US$5.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$6.37
US$7.04
+10.5%
18.7%US$9.00US$4.50n/a19
Nov ’24US$5.14
US$6.71
+30.5%
19.0%US$9.00US$4.00US$5.8518
Oct ’24US$5.98
US$6.70
+12.0%
19.8%US$9.00US$4.00US$4.8216
Sep ’24US$6.26
US$6.75
+7.8%
18.6%US$9.00US$4.00US$5.3318
Aug ’24US$5.59
US$6.43
+15.0%
23.6%US$10.00US$4.50US$5.1317
Jul ’24US$4.87
US$6.43
+32.0%
23.6%US$10.00US$4.50US$5.5517
Jun ’24US$4.78
US$6.43
+34.4%
23.6%US$10.00US$4.50US$5.3217
May ’24US$4.01
US$6.85
+70.8%
24.0%US$10.00US$4.50US$5.5017
Apr ’24US$4.57
US$7.11
+55.7%
20.4%US$10.00US$5.50US$5.7117
Mar ’24US$4.50
US$7.71
+71.2%
25.6%US$13.00US$5.00US$6.4018
Feb ’24US$6.96
US$9.41
+35.3%
25.7%US$14.00US$6.50US$6.0218
Jan ’24US$6.11
US$9.69
+58.6%
24.2%US$14.00US$7.00US$6.9818
Dec ’23US$6.67
US$9.86
+47.8%
23.8%US$14.00US$7.00US$6.3718
Nov ’23US$7.78
US$11.12
+42.9%
21.5%US$15.00US$7.00US$5.1417

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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