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Marqeta, Inc.

MQ

Technology · 15.96 -3.7% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 9 Sept, 12:40 GMT-4

Market read

Marqeta, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 25 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Company-3.7% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 25 activeHuman Capital Management · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • MQ's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MQ's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 25 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • MQ's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 9, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods7
Price observations317
Usable filing statements120
Verified relationships11
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +23.3% year over year.
  • Material customer XYZ most recently reported revenue +9.3% year over year.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -2.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -7.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 204% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 8, 2026

16.28
6m+321.8%12m+163.9%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$517.2M+78.2%
2022-12-31$748.2M+44.7%
2023-12-31$676.2M-9.6%-2.4%
2024-12-31$507.0M-25.0%-2.6%
2025-12-31$624.9M+23.3%-10.9%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Restructuring and cost reductionsnegative · 4 filings
This decrease was primarily driven by lower post-combination compensation expenses for former Power Finance employees, an increase in capitalized salaries, bonus, and benefits costs related to internal-use software development in 2026, and lower year-over-yea…
10-Q · May 5, 2026
Capital investment and capacitynegative · 1 filings
These inflows were partially offset by $45.7 million in net cash used for the TransactPay acquisition, as well as ongoing capital expenditures for property, equipment, and internal-use software.
10-K · Feb 24, 2026
Legal and regulatory exposurepositive · 1 filings
Other operating expenses increased by $4.5 million, or 39%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to $4.3 million of legal contingency expense recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 ass…
10-Q · Nov 5, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 12.0× · EV/sales 10.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

15.96-3.7% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 9 Sept, 12:40 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MQ. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for MQ. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind MQ

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

XYZ45.0% of MQcustomerNov 5, 2025

Customer Concentration We generated 44% and 47% of our net revenue from our largest customer, Block, during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

MAMastercard IncorporatedpartnerFeb 24, 2026

We currently partner with a number of Card Networks, including Visa, Mastercard, and PULSE, to process our customers’ transactions on our platform.

Depended on by

QTWOQ2 Holdings, Inc.competitorFeb 11, 2026

With respect to our Helix solution, we primarily compete with Galileo Financial Technologies, Marqeta and Green Dot in the BaaS and embedded finance markets, and we compete with Finxact, a Fiserv company, Nymbus, Mambu and Thought Machine Group in the cloud-c…

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

MQ is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Human Capital Management. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for MQ; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.