Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Drops -0.34% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.95M but it saw 2838049 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 497.05B USD, the company’s current market price of $546.63 came falling about -0.26 while comparing to the previous closing price of $548.06. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $582.23 and as low as $428.86. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $539.725 while lowest mark touched by it was $552.83.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Mastercard Incorporated (MA) gives us an average price of $518.77, while its current price level is -6.11% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 27.46% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $535.84 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $513.02. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.03% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.62%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 59.08 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

DZ Bank upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on February 04, 2025 while assigning a price target of $620. Monness Crespi & Hardt issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $640.

Over the week, MA’s stock price is moving 2.09% up while it is -0.34% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 3.81% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 19.59%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Jan-29, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 4.0 while estimate for next year EPS is 15.89. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $8.26B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $31.92B and seeing the company making $35.45B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $7.95B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Mastercard Incorporated’s total number of outstanding shares is 907.00M with 0.51% of that held by the insiders while 89.83% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 52.36% and return on equity (ROE) at 191.95%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 39.36 while having a 29.33 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.06. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 77.04 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 17.65. Its return on asset (ROA) is 28.44% on average.