10 Best Fundamentally Strong Stocks to Buy

4. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA)

5-Year Revenue Growth: ~15%

5-Year Diluted EPS Growth: ~18.6%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 158

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is one of the Best Fundamentally Strong Stocks to Buy. On November 6, Tigress Financial lifted the price target on the company’s stock to $730 from $685, while keeping a “Strong Buy” rating, as reported by The Fly. As per the analyst, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) posted robust Q3 2025 results and has been benefiting from accelerating digital payment growth.

Notably, its net revenue growth came at 17% YoY or 15% on a currency-neutral basis to $8.6 billion. This was helped by strong consumer and business spending and the continued healthy performance of its differentiated services. Its adjusted net income and diluted EPS came at $3.96 billion and $4.38, reflecting growth of 8% and 11% on the currency-neutral and YoY basis. This was mainly driven by healthy operating income growth.

Tigress Financial opines that Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) has been benefiting from the secular transition from cash to electronic and digital payments. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) highlighted that net revenue growth includes a 1 percentage point increase from acquisitions. Notably, the remaining increase was because of organic growth in its payment network and value-added services and solutions.

For Q4 2025, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) expects YoY net revenue growth to be at the high-end of a low double-digits range on a currency-neutral basis, excluding acquisitions.