MasterCard Incorporated (MA): Today's Featured Diversified Services Laggard

MasterCard Incorporated (MA) pushed the Diversified Services industry lower today making it today's featured Diversified Services laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, MasterCard Incorporated fell $3.77 (-0.9%) to $423.43 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.1 million shares of MasterCard Incorporated exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 854,700 shares. The stock ranged in price between $418.10-$429.08 after having opened the day at $425.77 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $427.20. Other company's within the Diversified Services industry that declined today were: Hudson Technology (HDSN), down 16.1%, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC), down 15.3%, China HGS Real Estate (HGSH), down 15.2%, and Career Education Corporation (CECO), down 15.2%.

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MasterCard Incorporated, a payments and technology company, together with its subsidiaries, provides transaction processing and other payment-related services in the United States and internationally. MasterCard Incorporated has a market cap of $52.93 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 27.4, equal to the average diversified services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 14.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 22 analysts that rate MasterCard Incorporated a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates MasterCard Incorporated as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Rainmaker Systems (RMKR), up 17.9%, Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRAA), up 17.4%, Bioanalytical Systems (BASI), up 16.7%, and Financial Engines (FNGN), up 11.5%, were all gainers within the diversified services industry with Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG) being today's featured diversified services industry leader.

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