Mastercard Incorporated (MA) ticks all the boxes for top investors with its surprise performance of -1.28% last month.

On Monday, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) opened lower -1.25% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $532.20. Price fluctuations for MA have ranged from $416.53 to $537.70 over the past 52 weeks.

It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Financial sector saw sales topped by 11.54%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 18.09% at the time writing. With a float of $817.09 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $913.00 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 33400 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 85.79%, operating margin of 56.6%, and the pretax margin is 53.93%.

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Insider and Institutional Ownership

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Credit Services industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Mastercard Incorporated is 10.98%, while institutional ownership is 79.02%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 12 ’24, was worth 609,638,000. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 01 ’24, when Company’s Chief Financial Officer sold 4,716 for $500.44, making the entire transaction worth $2,360,075. This insider now owns 27,304 shares in total.

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.09% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.00% during the next five years compared to 16.16% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Mastercard Incorporated (MA). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.29. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 17.58. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 35.31.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 13.22, a number that is poised to hit 3.70 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 16.27 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Mastercard Incorporated (MA)

The latest stats from [Mastercard Incorporated, MA] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.6 million was inferior to 2.47 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 64.99%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 8.36.

During the past 100 days, Mastercard Incorporated’s (MA) raw stochastic average was set at 85.98%, which indicates a significant increase from 33.53% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 14.98% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 14.58% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $521.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $479.39. Now, the first resistance to watch is $528.97. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $532.38. The third major resistance level sits at $536.20. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $521.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $517.91. The third support level lies at $514.50 if the price breaches the second support level.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Key Stats

There are currently 917,831K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 478.81 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 25,098 M according to its annual income of 11,195 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 7,369 M and its income totaled 3,263 M.