A look at Mastercard Incorporated’s (MA) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) kicked off on Friday, down -0.13% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $536.38. Over the past 52 weeks, MA has traded in a range of $428.86-$582.23.

Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was 11.37%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 8.81%. With a float of $818.69 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

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Credit Services Industry. The insider ownership of Mastercard Incorporated is 10.20%, while institutional ownership is 80.01%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 19 ’25, was worth 3,813,338. In this transaction President & CTO, MA Tech of this company sold 7,132 shares at a rate of $534.68, taking the stock ownership to the 34,524 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 19 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 7,132 for $530.19, making the entire transaction worth $3,781,315.

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Earnings and Forecasts

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

Take a look at Mastercard Incorporated’s (MA) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.03. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 17.34. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 34.21.

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 2.75 million, its volume of 3.26 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 65.24%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 10.34.

During the past 100 days, Mastercard Incorporated’s (MA) raw stochastic average was set at 44.40%, which indicates a significant increase from 32.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.81% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 18.22% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $546.24, while its 200-day Moving Average is $501.75. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $538.91 in the near term. At $542.13, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $546.20. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $531.61, it is likely to go to the next support level at $527.54. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $524.32.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 488.39 billion has total of 911,708K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 28,167 M in contrast with the sum of 12,874 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 7,489 M and last quarter income was 3,342 M.