Mastercard Incorporated [MA] stock is trading at $487.09, up 2.30%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MA shares have gain 0.78% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 6.92%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Mastercard Incorporated [NYSE: MA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 04, 2024, when Compass Point initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $525. Previously, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its rating to Neutral on September 03, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $470. On July 10, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $480 on the stock. Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $531 on May 13, 2024. TD Cowen initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $545 as its price target on April 11, 2024. Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 11, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $510. In a note dated December 20, 2023, Monness Crespi & Hardt initiated an Neutral rating.
Mastercard Incorporated [MA] stock has fluctuated between $359.77 and $490.00 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $467.39 within the next 12 months. Mastercard Incorporated [NYSE: MA] shares were valued at $487.09 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.04% based on the average MA price forecast.
Analyzing the MA fundamentals
Mastercard Incorporated [NYSE:MA] reported sales of 26.41B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 10.85%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.87% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.58%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.55%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.46%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.29, Equity is 1.76 and Total Capital is 0.57. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.1.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 481.37 points at the first support level, and at 475.64 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 491.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 494.93.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Mastercard Incorporated’s Current Ratio is 1.14. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.14, while the Cash Ratio is 0.45. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 17.04, the price to book ratio is 60.78 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 37.22.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved AJAY BHALLAFLAT 3 DUNCAN HOUSE, Officer, that happened on Aug 30 ’24 when 8000.0 shares were purchased. Controller, Arkell Sandra A completed a deal on Aug 29 ’24 to sell 1100.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner Mastercard Foundation sold 90000.0 shares on Aug 22 ’24.
