5 Best Financial Services Stocks to Buy Now

2. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 137

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is a payments technology company that provides transaction processing and other payment related products and services in the United States and internationally. On 10/13, Bryan Keane of Deutsche Bank cut his price target to $375 from $440 and kept a ‘Buy’ rating on shares citing worsening currency headwinds. If the economy worsens, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) could find it more difficult to earn the profits that analysts expect.

Nevertheless, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is still attractive long term given its scale and normalized earnings per share potential.

137 hedge funds we track were long Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) at the end of the second quarter.