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Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) closed the day trading at $538.73 down -5.39% from the previous closing price of $569.45. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.96 million shares were traded. MA stock price reached its highest trading level at $571.08 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $534.16.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 58.23 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 32.67. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.11 and its Current Ratio is at 1.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.82 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.82.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Truist on June 02, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $640.
DZ Bank Upgraded its Hold to Buy on February 04, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $620.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 13 ’25 when Seshadri Raj sold 2,110 shares for $561.36 per share. The transaction valued at 1,184,476 led to the insider holds 15,992 shares of the business.
Seshadri Raj sold 1,022 shares of MA for $575,018 on Jun 16 ’25. The Chief Commercial Pmts Officer now owns 14,970 shares after completing the transaction at $562.64 per share. On Jun 13 ’25, another insider, Kirkpatrick Linda Pistecchia, who serves as the President, Americas of the company, sold 959 shares for $572.86 each. As a result, the insider received 549,373 and left with 25,540 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MA now has a Market Capitalization of 489211002880 and an Enterprise Value of 500125499392. As of this moment, Mastercard’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 37.79, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 28.95. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.67. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 16.84 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 73.49. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 17.205 whereas that against EBITDA is 27.819.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MA is 1.05, which has changed by 0.19053721 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MA has reached a high of $594.71, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $428.86. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.26%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.15%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MA traded about 2.77M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MA traded about 2952300 shares per day. A total of 903.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 820.29M. Insiders hold about 9.66% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.84% stake in the company. Shares short for MA as of 1748563200 were 6120880 with a Short Ratio of 2.21, compared to 1745971200 on 5647089. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6120880 and a Short% of Float of 0.6799999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
MA’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.84, up from 2.84 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0049872682The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.52. The current Payout Ratio is 19.73% for MA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-09 with an ex-dividend date of 1745539200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-01-22 when the company split stock in a 10:1 ratio.
