Mastercard is a credit service company located in New York, United States, which is part of the Financial Services sector, and is traded under the ticker MA on the NYSE exchange.
Mastercard stock last closed at $460.27, up 0.31% from the previous day, and has increased 18.93% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Credit Services industry by 0.03 percentage points. Mastercard stock is currently +28.62% from its 52-week low of $357.85, and -6.07% from its 52-week high of $490.00.
There are currently 929.62M MA shares outstanding. The market cap of MA is $427.87B. In the past 24 hours, 1.98M MA shares were traded.
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Out of 18 Wall Street analysts who track MA, the consensus analyst rating on Mastercard is a Strong Buy
It's important to note that analyst ratings are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
David Koning, a top 8% analyst from Baird maintains MA with a buy rating and raises their MA price target from $525.00 to $545.00, on Apr 19, 2024.
Bryan Bergin, a top 24% analyst from TD Cowen initiates coverage on MA with a strong buy rating and announces their MA price target of $545.00, on Apr 11, 2024.
James Friedman, a bottom 2% analyst from Susquehanna maintains MA with a strong buy rating and maintains their MA price target from $535.00 to $535.00, on Apr 3, 2024.
David Togut, a bottom 5% analyst from Evercore ISI Group maintains MA with a buy rating and raises their MA price target from $530.00 to $545.00, on Mar 26, 2024.
Trevor Williams, a top 22% analyst from Jefferies maintains MA with a strong buy rating and raises their MA price target from $520.00 to $540.00, on Mar 8, 2024.
Jefferies's Trevor Williams raised their price target on Mastercard (NYSE: MA) by 3.8% from $520 to $540 on 2024/03/08. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
The disparity between the growth of U.S. payment volumes and PCEs (Personal Consumption Expenditures) processed by Mastercard and Visa has narrowed, leading some to worry that the U.S.'s structural growth has reset lower because of weakening secular cash-to-card tailwinds following a rapid shift during the pandemic, Williams said.
In spite of Jefferies' conclusion that a slower pace of cash-to-card transactions is primarily responsible for most of the spread compression, the analyst argued that "falling fuel prices and a larger contribution from non-carded categories within PCE" contributed materially to the compression of network volumes.
Nonetheless, after accounting for the short-term dynamics of inflation and fuel, "relative growth rates appear relatively better," Williams noted.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Mastercard stock forecast page.
Last year, MA earnings were $11.85B. In the last 5 year, MA's earnings have grown by 15.96% per year. This was faster than the Credit Services industry average of 11.76%.
Last year, MA revenue was $25.70B. In the last five year, MA's revenue has increased by 10.99% per year. This was faster than the Credit Services industry average of 10.13%.
You can analyze MA's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the last 12 months, executives and large shareholders at MA have sold more shares than they have bought.
Foundation Mastercard, 10% Owner of MA, was the latest MA insider to sell. They sold $59,556,720.00 worth of MA stock on May 16, 2024.
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Mastercard pays a dividend of 0.53%, compared to the Credit Services industry's average dividend yield of 4.05%. If you owned $1,000 worth of MA stock, you would have received $5.34 in the past 12 months.
Mastercard dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Get more info about Mastercard dividend yield and history here.
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