On Tuesday, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) opened lower -2.11% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $537.12. Price fluctuations for MA have ranged from $428.86 to $582.23 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was 11.37%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 8.81% at the time writing. With a float of $819.24 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $907.00 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 35300 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 76.31%, operating margin of 55.32%, and the pretax margin is 54.16%.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Insider Activity
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 10.14%, while institutional ownership is 80.00%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 05 ’25, was worth 6,118,671. In this transaction Chief Services Officer of this company sold 11,002 shares at a rate of $556.14, taking the stock ownership to the 63,074 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’25, when Company’s President & CEO sold 17,664 for $553.76, making the entire transaction worth $9,781,694. This insider now owns 100,646 shares in total.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.94 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.81% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 14.31% during the next five years compared to 11.82% 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 1.03. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 17.02. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 33.58.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 13.89, a number that is poised to hit 3.57 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 18.69 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Mastercard Incorporated (MA)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.72 million, its volume of 3.51 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 12.97%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 11.33.
During the past 100 days, Mastercard Incorporated’s (MA) raw stochastic average was set at 32.58%, which indicates a significant increase from 5.92% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.44% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 18.05% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $545.14, while its 200-day Moving Average is $498.43. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $535.15 in the near term. At $544.50, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $550.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $519.35, it is likely to go to the next support level at $512.90. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $503.55.
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Key Stats
There are currently 911,708K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 479.38 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 28,167 M according to its annual income of 12,874 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 7,489 M and its income totaled 3,342 M.
