10 Best Stocks for Beginners with Little Money According to Hedge Funds

7. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 131

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is a global payment technology solutions company that serves consumers, small and medium businesses, government and public sector, large enterprises, as well as banks and credit unions. Mastercard’s purpose revolves around powering an inclusive digital economy that tends to benefit all.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) serves as a payments industry leader with differentiated solutions and a broad network reach. The company has been making payments smarter and safer for more than 50 years. The company continues to benefit from market trends underscoring its opportunities within payments and services such as accelerated digitization, demands for instant and personalized experiences, scaling of digital public infrastructure, and acceleration of AI adoption among others.

With net revenue growth of 14% year-over-year, the company closed a strong Q4 of 2024. This was driven by growth in Mastercard’s payment network and its value-added services and solutions. Payment network net revenue increased 13% and value-added services and solutions net revenue increased 16%, over the year. The management remains confident in the firm’s diverse capabilities in payments and services and solutions, positioning it well for long-term growth. Recently, Arvind Ramnani from Piper Sandler maintained a Buy rating on the stock, setting the price target of $591.