Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is 4.09% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $428.86 and a high of $582.23 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 $540.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 7.51%.
Currently trading at $548.12, the stock is 1.51% and -0.40% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.74 million and changing 1.39% at the moment leaves the stock 8.60% off its SMA200. MA registered 14.68% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 11.57%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $550.3158 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $504.72855.
The stock witnessed a -4.89% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.23%, and is 0.82% 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 2.37% over the week and 2.18% over the month.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) has around 35300 employees, a market worth around $499.73B and $28.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 39.47 and Fwd P/E is 29.31. Profit margin for the company is 45.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 27.81% and -5.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (52.36%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.91% this year.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Top Institutional Holders
4431.0 institutions hold shares in Mastercard Incorporated (MA), with institutional investors hold 90.67% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 907.00M, and float is at 818.70M with Short Float at 0.65%. Institutions hold 90.20% of the Float.
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 7.5154 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Miebach Michael, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Miebach Michael sold 15,775 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 26 ’25 at a price of $550.16 per share for a total of $8.68 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 84871.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 19 ’25, McLaughlin Edward Grunde (President & CTO, MA Tech) disposed off 7,132 shares at an average price of $534.68 for $3.81 million. The insider now directly holds 34,524 shares of Mastercard Incorporated (MA).
