Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is -7.80% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MA stock was last observed hovering at around $489.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.25%.
Currently trading at $485.52, the stock is -8.86% and -11.63% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.01 million and changing -0.87% at the moment leaves the stock -4.16% off its SMA200. MA registered 3.35% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.91%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $549.3974 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $506.58295.
The stock witnessed a -11.20% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.87%, and is -11.42% down 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 3.95% over the week and 2.54% over the month.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) has around 35300 employees, a market worth around $442.65B and $28.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.96 and Fwd P/E is 25.95. Profit margin for the company is 45.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.21% and -16.61% 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 8.91% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.08% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 12.18% in year-over-year returns.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Top Institutional Holders
4392.0 institutions hold shares in Mastercard Incorporated (MA), with institutional investors hold 90.61% 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 90.14% 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 3.7709% 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).
