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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$275.64
+1.9%
$292.26
$214.51
$326.28
$193.65B1.212.76 million shs2.47 million shs
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$175.81
+3.1%
$183.24
$119.31
$205.76
$44.23B1.451.52 million shs2.04 million shs
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
$547.62
-0.2%
$551.87
$428.86
$582.23
$499.27B1.12.54 million shs2.99 million shs
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
$67.15
+1.6%
$74.82
$56.97
$93.66
$66.43B1.5211.17 million shs8.06 million shs
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$346.49
+0.0%
$345.14
$252.70
$366.54
$643.44B0.947.13 million shs5.67 million shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
+1.97%-0.13%-6.60%-7.64%+22.19%
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
+3.22%+5.73%-7.66%+0.92%+37.60%
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
-0.10%-0.27%-4.66%+4.83%+14.22%
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
+1.59%-4.03%-3.73%-22.08%+3.85%
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
-0.09%+0.71%-4.18%+10.21%+24.39%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
4.6082 of 5 stars
2.13.02.53.03.53.32.5
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
4.7027 of 5 stars
2.23.04.23.93.41.72.5
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
4.8282 of 5 stars
3.53.03.33.03.52.51.9
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
4.943 of 5 stars
4.35.00.03.23.32.52.5
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
4.4043 of 5 stars
2.42.03.33.24.12.51.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
2.27
Hold$302.579.77% Upside
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
2.45
Hold$192.409.44% Upside
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
2.93
Moderate Buy$606.1110.68% Upside
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
2.61
Moderate Buy$89.4033.13% Upside
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
2.86
Moderate Buy$355.842.70% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest V, MA, DFS, AXP, and PYPL Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
3/31/2025
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$104.00 ➝ $85.00
3/27/2025
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
Arete Research
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DowngradeStrong-Buy ➝ Hold
3/24/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
Citigroup
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$320.00 ➝ $300.00
3/21/2025
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
Susquehanna
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Reiterated RatingPositive ➝ Positive
3/21/2025
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
Truist Financial
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$262.00 ➝ $219.00
3/18/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$367.00 ➝ $330.00
3/18/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
Bank of America
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$326.00 ➝ $325.00
3/14/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
Argus
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DowngradeStrong-Buy ➝ Hold
3/14/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
Baird R W
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UpgradeStrong Sell ➝ Hold
3/14/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
Robert W. Baird
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UpgradeUnderperform ➝ Neutral$265.00 ➝ $265.00
3/10/2025
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
Tigress Financial
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Reiterated RatingStrong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy
(Data available from 4/3/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$65.95B2.94$15.01 per share18.36$42.96 per share6.42
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$17.91B2.47$10.31 per share17.06$71.33 per share2.46
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
$28.17B17.73$17.30 per share31.65$7.15 per share76.59
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
$31.80B2.09$4.84 per share13.88$20.64 per share3.25
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$36.80B17.49$11.40 per share30.40$20.13 per share17.21
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$10.13B$14.0119.6715.661.4115.36%32.65%3.56%4/17/2025 (Estimated)
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$4.54B$15.9611.0211.131.5117.29%26.18%2.72%4/23/2025 (Estimated)
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
$12.87B$13.8939.4329.432.3745.71%188.47%30.05%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
$4.15B$4.0116.7511.931.2713.04%23.67%5.83%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$19.74B$9.9234.9327.222.3354.27%54.79%22.62%4/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest V, MA, DFS, AXP, and PYPL Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/29/2025N/A
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
$1.16N/AN/AN/A$7.84 billionN/A
4/23/2025N/A
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$3.33N/AN/AN/A$4.25 billionN/A
4/22/2025N/A
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$2.68N/AN/AN/A$9.57 billionN/A
4/17/2025N/A
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$3.47N/AN/AN/A$17.04 billionN/A
2/4/2025Q4 2024
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
$1.11$1.19+$0.08$1.11$8.27 billion$8.37 billion
1/30/2025Q4 2024
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
$3.71$3.82+$0.11$3.64$7.38 billionN/A
1/30/2025Q1 2025
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$2.66$2.75+$0.09$2.58$9.34 billionN/A
1/24/2025Q4 2024
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$3.00$3.04+$0.04$3.04$17.17 billionN/A
1/22/2025Q4 2024
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$3.13$5.11+$1.98$5.11$4.40 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
$3.281.19%+17.64%23.41%N/A
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$2.801.59%+14.20%17.54%14 Years
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
$3.040.56%+14.82%21.89%13 Years
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$2.360.68%+17.22%23.79%17 Years

Latest V, MA, DFS, AXP, and PYPL Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
1/23/2025
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
quarterly$0.701.4%5/23/20255/23/20256/6/2025
3/3/2025
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
quarterly$0.821.11%4/4/20254/4/20255/9/2025
2/10/2025
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
quarterly$0.760.54%4/9/20254/9/20255/9/2025
1/22/2025
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
quarterly$0.701.41%2/20/20252/20/20253/6/2025
1/30/2025
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
quarterly$0.590.69%2/11/20252/11/20253/3/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
1.64
1.58
1.57
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
1.09
1.09
1.03
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
2.68
1.03
1.03
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
0.48
1.26
1.26
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
0.45
1.12
1.12

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
84.33%
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
86.94%
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
97.28%
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
68.32%
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
82.15%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
0.20%
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
0.69%
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
0.10%
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
0.14%
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
0.13%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
American Express stock logo
AXP
American Express
77,300702.53 million701.76 millionOptionable
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
20,200251.61 million249.58 millionOptionable
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
29,900911.71 million916.91 millionOptionable
PayPal Holdings, Inc. stock logo
PYPL
PayPal
29,900989.24 million987.86 millionOptionable
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
26,5001.86 billion1.86 billionOptionable

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American Express stock logo

American Express NYSE:AXP

$275.64 +5.16 (+1.91%)
Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$266.00 -9.64 (-3.50%)
As of 05:46 AM Eastern
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American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and Internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company's products and services include credit card, charge card, banking, and other payment and financing products; network services; expense management products and services; and travel and lifestyle services. It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, point-of-sale marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fraud prevention services, as well as the design and operation of customer loyalty programs. In addition, the company operates lounges at airports under Centurion Lounge brand name. It sells its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, direct mail, telephone, in-house sales teams, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Discover Financial Services stock logo

Discover Financial Services NYSE:DFS

$175.81 +5.30 (+3.11%)
Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$167.64 -8.18 (-4.65%)
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Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, provides digital banking products and services, and payment services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Digital Banking and Payment Services. The Digital Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; personal loans, home loans, and other consumer lending; and direct-to-consumer deposit products comprising savings accounts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, IRA certificates of deposit, IRA savings accounts and checking accounts, and sweep accounts. The Payment Services segment operates the PULSE to access automated teller machines, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; and Diners Club International, a payments network that issues Diners Club branded charge cards and/or provides card acceptance services, as well as offers payment transaction processing and settlement services. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.

Mastercard stock logo

Mastercard NYSE:MA

$547.62 -0.89 (-0.16%)
Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$533.76 -13.86 (-2.53%)
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Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses, including Virtual Card Number, which is generated dynamically from a physical card and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions; and treasury intelligence platform that offers corporations with recommendations to enhance working capital performance and accelerate spend on cards. In addition, the company offers Mastercard Send, which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and Mastercard Cross-Border Services enables a range of payment flows through a distribution network with a single point of access to send and receive money globally through various channels, including bank accounts, mobile wallets, cards, and cash payouts. Further, it provides cyber and intelligence solutions; insights and analytics, consulting, marketing, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants; and open banking and digital identity services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus name. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

PayPal stock logo

PayPal NASDAQ:PYPL

$67.15 +1.05 (+1.59%)
Closing price 04/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$64.82 -2.33 (-3.47%)
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It operates a two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers that enables its customers to connect, transact, and send and receive payments through online and in person, as well as transfer and withdraw funds using various funding sources, such as bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products comprising its installment products, credit and debit cards, and cryptocurrencies, as well as other stored value products, including gift cards and eligible rewards. The company provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Visa stock logo

Visa NYSE:V

$346.49 +0.14 (+0.04%)
Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$336.90 -9.59 (-2.77%)
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Visa Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, and click to pay services; Visa Direct, a solution that facilitates the delivery of funds to eligible cards, deposit accounts, and digital wallets; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral business-to-business cross-border payments network; Visa Cross-Border Solution, a cross-border consumer payments solution; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value-added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services. The company also provides acceptance solutions, which include Cybersource that provides modular and value-added services for connecting merchants to payment processing; risk and identity solutions, such as Visa Advanced Authorization, Visa Secure, Visa Risk and Decision Manager, Visa Consumer Authentication Service, and payment-decisioning solutions for fraud prevention; and Visa Consulting and Analytics, a payment consulting advisory services. It provides its services under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, V PAY, and PLUS brand names. The company serves merchants, financial institutions, and government entities. Visa Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.