The Latest Breaking News from MA

Is the United States heading toward a recession? This has been the looming question on the minds of Americans since inflation topped at 8.5% in March, matched with other indicators such as rising interest rates and the bond market’s inverted yield curve.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Mastercard (NYSE:MA). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

U.S. GDP dropped 1.4% in the first quarter of 2022, and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ARCA: SPY) is down 16.3% year-to-date as investors become increasingly concerned about the possibility of a U.S. recession in 2022.

In this article I will analyze and compare PayPal Holdings (PYPL) and Mastercard (MA) to determine which stock is currently the better investment.

Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) posted 1Q22 adjusted EPS well above expectations on enterprise-wide growth, with a particularly solid performance in specialty pharmacy and better than expected MCR on lower testing and treatment costs.  The company raised FY22 guidance on 1Q outperformance. The analysts raised the price target to $272 from $235, with a Sector Perform rating. …

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Mastercard (NYSE:MA). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Pulled from Benzinga Pro data, Mastercard (NYSE:MA) posted Q1 earnings of $2.63 billion, an increase from Q4 of 10.59%. Sales dropped to $5.17 billion, a 0.94% decrease between quarters.

Analysts maintained their conviction on Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) 

Concerns over rising inflation, aggressive interest rate increases, and intensifying geopolitical tensions have led to a massive tech sell-off. However, surging demand for tech products and rising corporate and government investments should help tech giants Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL) dodge the market’s fluctuations. Let’s discuss.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 11.94% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 23.75%. Currently, Mastercard has a market capitalization of $371.60 billion.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) has reported Q1 sales of $5.2 billion, up 24% (28% currency-neutral), beating the consensus of $4.91 billion. Gross dollar volume increased 17%, on a local currency basis, to $1.9 trillion. Cross-border volume growth of 53% on a local currency basis, with switched transactions growth of 22%. Other revenues increased 18%,…