Credit Services: Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM)

On Jan 31, Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) declined the most in 30 months after it reported a lower than expected profit on account of surged up expenses from repayment to card issuers. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) stock opened at $77.81 in last session, and closed at $78.50, while the day range of MA stock is $77.41-$78.80.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 2.29%.

American Express (AXP) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of A+. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.,” the firm’s analyst commented. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) stock opened at $91.05, in last session and closed at $92.61, by gained 2.93%.The 52 week range was $62.04-$93.62.Company’s market capitalization is $98.40 billion.

Yesterday’s biggest loser among the Dow 30 stocks was Visa Inc. (NYSE: V). There was no special news on the company, but investors who owned the most expensive stock on the Dow might have decided to pull out in favor of something safer. Shares traded down 2.22% at $220.90 in a 52-week range of $155.68 to $235.50 just ahead of the closing bell. Visa’s volume is on track to be roughly equal to the daily average of around 3.3 million shares traded. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) stock gained 1.83% and finished the last session at $225.50.The EPS of the stock remained 7.83.Company’s market capitalization is $142.88 billion.

SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM)’s Director Bates Ann Torre bought 3,395 shares of company stock in the transaction that was dated Tuesday, 18 February. This stock was bought at an average-price of $23.47/ share, and the total value of the transaction was $79,680.65. Post this purchase, the director now directly owns 12,611 shares in SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), valued at around $295,980. This acquisition was also disclosed in the company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) stock opened the session at $24.19, and closed the session at $24.37.The 52 week range of the SLM stock remained $18.84-$27.34 and the day range was $24.16-$24.59.

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