Marqeta
About: Headquartered in Oakland, California, and founded in 2010, Marqeta provides its clients with a card-issuing platform that offers the infrastructure and tools necessary to offer digital, physical, and tokenized payment options without the need for a traditional bank. The company's open APIs are designed to allow third parties like DoorDash, Klarna, and Block to rapidly develop and deploy innovative card-based products and payment services without the need to develop the underlying technology. The company generates revenue primarily through processing and ATM fees for cards issued on its platform.
Employees: 854
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
236% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $10.8M | Put options by funds: $3.22M
25% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 91 | Existing positions reduced: 73
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.19B [Q4 2024] → $1.27B (+$75M) [Q1 2025]
7% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 44 | Existing positions closed: 41
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 251 [Q4 2024] → 249 (-2) [Q1 2025]
2.28% less ownership
Funds ownership: 67.62% [Q4 2024] → 65.33% (-2.28%) [Q1 2025]
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q4 2024] → 3 (-3) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
JP Morgan Tien-Tsin Huang | 15%upside $6 | Overweight Upgraded | 19 May 2025 |
Barclays Ramsey El-Assal | 4%downside $5 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 12 May 2025 |
UBS Timothy Chiodo | 4%downside $5 | Neutral Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Sanjay Sakhrani | 14%downside $4.50 | Market Perform Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Will Nance | 23%downside $4 | Neutral Maintained | 2 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about MQ published over the past 30 days









