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Mastercard (MA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$549.10 -14.42 (-2.56%)
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About Mastercard Stock (NYSE:MA)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$548.35
$560.82
50-Day Range
$532.18
$590.78
52-Week Range
$428.86
$594.71
Volume
1.35 million shs
Average Volume
2.66 million shs
Market Capitalization
$500.62 billion
P/E Ratio
38.49
Dividend Yield
0.55%
Price Target
$611.50
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Mastercard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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99th Percentile Overall Score

MA MarketRank™: 

Mastercard scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 13th out of 304 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Mastercard has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 24 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Mastercard has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Mastercard's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Mastercard are expected to grow by 16.97% in the coming year, from $15.91 to $18.61 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Mastercard is 38.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.84.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Mastercard is 38.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 28.49.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Mastercard has a PEG Ratio of 2.45. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Mastercard has a P/B Ratio of 76.88. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Mastercard's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.61% of the float of Mastercard has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Mastercard has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Mastercard has recently decreased by 18.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Mastercard has a dividend yield of 0.54%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Mastercard has been increasing its dividend for 13 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Mastercard is 21.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Mastercard will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.34% next year. This indicates that Mastercard will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Mastercard's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.61% of the float of Mastercard has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Mastercard has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Mastercard has recently decreased by 18.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Mastercard has a news sentiment score of 1.28. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 69 news articles for Mastercard this week, compared to 53 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 41 people have searched for MA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    22 people have added Mastercard to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Mastercard insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $20,351,084.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.09% of the stock of Mastercard is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    97.28% of the stock of Mastercard is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Mastercard's insider trading history.
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MA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Mastercard's stock was trading at $526.57 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MA stock has increased by 4.1% and is now trading at $548.14.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The credit services provider reported $3.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.57 by $0.16. The business's revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Mastercard's Board of Directors approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 17th 2024, which permits the company to buy back $12,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 2.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Mastercard subsidiaries include these companies: Dynamic Yield, Arcus, CipherTrace, Aiia, Ekata, IfOnly, Finicity, and others.

Top institutional investors of Mastercard include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (2.23%), Swedbank AB (0.22%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%) and Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Foundation Mastercard, Michael Miebach, Craig Vosburg, Timothy H Murphy, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, J Mehra Sachin, Linda Pistecchia Kirkpatrick, Hai Ling, Venkata R Madabhushi, Raj Seshadri, Raghuvir Malhotra, Julius Genachowski, Ajay Bhalla and Sandra A Arkell.
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Shares of MA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Mastercard investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Salesforce (CRM), BlackRock (BLK), Visa (V) and Home Depot (HD).

Company Calendar

Record date for 5/9 Dividend
4/09/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/9 Dividend
4/09/2025
Last Earnings
5/01/2025
Dividend Payable
5/09/2025
Record date for 8/8 Dividend
7/09/2025
Ex-Dividend for 8/8 Dividend
7/09/2025
Today
7/11/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
7/30/2025
Dividend Payable
8/08/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Financial Transaction Services
Sub-Industry
Data Processing & Outsourced Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:MA
Previous Symbol
NYSE:MA,
CIK
1141391
Employees
35,300
Year Founded
1966

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$685.00
Low Price Target
$470.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+8.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.88
Research Coverage
32 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$14.26
Trailing P/E Ratio
39.57
Forward P/E Ratio
35.47
P/E Growth
2.45
Net Income
$12.87 billion
Net Margins
45.21%
Pretax Margin
54.10%
Return on Equity
196.87%
Return on Assets
29.77%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
2.81
Current Ratio
1.11
Quick Ratio
1.11

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$28.17 billion
Price / Sales
18.27
Cash Flow
$17.77 per share
Price / Cash Flow
31.75
Book Value
$7.13 per share
Price / Book
79.15

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
911,710,000
Free Float
910,887,000
Market Cap
$514.51 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.02

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This page (NYSE:MA) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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