With consistent double-digit revenue growth and an adjusted operating margin of 58% in the first quarter, (NYSE: MA) has proven to be a superb and extremely profitable business. Along with Visa, it dominates the industry for card transactions. 

If you'd invested $1,000 in Mastercard's stock 10 years ago in June 2013, you'd be sitting on a position worth about $6,500 right now. That's equivalent to an outstanding investment return of 550%. Investors who put their money in an index fund that tracked either the S 500 or the Nasdaq Composite Index wouldn't have done anywhere near as well. 

Can Mastercard post a similar type of performance in the years ahead? Here's what investors should know about this card payments juggernaut. 

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