Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is 9.18% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $428.86 and a high of $576.94 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MA stock was last observed hovering at around $576.31 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.39%.
Currently trading at $574.92, the stock is 1.73% and 5.87% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.09 million and changing -0.24% at the moment leaves the stock 15.95% off its SMA200. MA registered 20.06% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 21.86%.
The stock witnessed a 1.57% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.79%, and is 2.85% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.99% over the week and 1.52% over the month.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) has around 35300 employees, a market worth around $524.16B and $28.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 41.40 and Fwd P/E is 30.75. Profit margin for the company is 45.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 34.06% and -0.35% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (52.36%).
with sales reaching $7.12B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.81% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.01% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 12.14% in year-over-year returns.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 907.00M, and float is at 819.30M with Short Float at 0.64%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 76.36 million shares valued at $33.68 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.1838% of the MA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 69.82 million shares valued at $30.8 billion to account for 7.4832 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 35.03 million shares representing 3.7547% and valued at over $15.45 billion, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 3.0009 of the shares totaling 27.88 million with a market value of $12.3 billion.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Mastercard Incorporated (MA) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Vosburg Craig, the company’s Chief Services Officer. SEC filings show that Vosburg Craig sold 11,003 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 26 ’25 at a price of $562.72 per share for a total of $6.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 55653.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, Miebach Michael (President & CEO) disposed off 18,000 shares at an average price of $564.95 for $10.17 million. The insider now directly holds 81,927 shares of Mastercard Incorporated (MA).
Mastercard Incorporated (MA): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) that is trading 39.61% up over the past 12 months. Visa Inc. Cl A (V) that is 28.98% higher over the same period.
