The U.S. sanctions on Russia led to the suspension of purchase payment services by Visa Inc. (NYSE: V [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]) and MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) in some of the approved banks in that country. While the suspension has been withdrawn, Russia has decided to have its own domestic payment system within six months to become more self-dependent in the future. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), shares after opening at $75.40 moved to $75.49 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $72.18. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 10.26 and price to cash ratio as 13.61. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), showed a negative weekly performance of 1.42%.
On April, 3, 2014, The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), announced that President and CEO Hikmet Ersek will host a webcast and conference call to discuss first-quarter 2014 results on May 1, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Raj Agrawal, Executive Vice President and Interim CFO, also will participate on the call. A press release highlighting the financial results will be issued at approximately 4 p.m. Eastern time the same day. The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), shares fell 0.91% in last trading session and ended the day on $16.38. The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), return on equity ratio is recorded as 79.80% and its return on assets is 8.20%. The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), yearly performance is 17.76%.
Visa Inc (NYSE:V), has been recently valued at $136.20Billion. If one looks at the recent trends in the market Looking at market, Visa Inc (NYSE: V) one day trading ranges from $211.67 to $215.55 and the company has traded between $161.27 and $235.50 over the past one year. Visa Inc (NYSE:V), shares moved down 3.40% in last trading session and was closed at $207.70, while trading in range of $ 205.75 – 215.71. Visa Inc (NYSE:V), year to date (YTD) performance is -6.56%.
On March 27, 2014, American Express Company (American Express) announced that it will host a live audio webcast of its investor conference call on April 16, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. ET, to discuss Q1 2014 financial results which are scheduled to be announced on the same day, shortly after the market close. Additionally, the Company also stated that it plans to host a live audio webcast of its annual meeting of shareholders on May 12, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The full analyst notes on American Express Company are available to download free of charge. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), weekly performance is -1.17%. On last trading day company shares ended up $89.17. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -0.10%. Analysts mean target Price for the company is $94.21.
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