Mastercard Incorporated [NYSE: MA] closed the trading session at $2930000.0 on 2025-06-26.
The stocks have a year to date performance of 19.44 percent and weekly performance of 1.31 percent. The stock has been moved at 3.37 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed -5.00 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed -0.59 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 2.93M shares, MA reached to a volume of 3721377 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Mastercard Incorporated [MA]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for MA shares is $627.39 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on MA stock is a recommendation set at 1.79. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Truist have made an estimate for Mastercard Incorporated shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on June 02, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on April 09, 2025, representing the official price target for Mastercard Incorporated stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $620, while DZ Bank analysts kept a Buy rating on MA stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 74.45, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 9.25. Price to Free Cash Flow for MA in the course of the last twelve months was 33.10 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.11.
MA stock trade performance evaluation
Mastercard Incorporated [MA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.31. With this latest performance, MA shares dropped by -5.00% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 3.37% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 3.65% in the past year of trading.
Mastercard Incorporated [MA]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Mastercard Incorporated [MA] shares currently have an operating margin of 57.69% and a Gross Margin at 96.71%. Mastercard Incorporated’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 45.24%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 28.86%, with Return on Assets sitting at 28.86%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Mastercard Incorporated [MA] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for MA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Mastercard Incorporated go to 14.14%.
Mastercard Incorporated [MA]: Institutional Ownership
The top three institutional holders of MA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 76.36 million shares, which is approximately 8.2191%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 69.82 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$30.8 billion in MA stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$15.45 billion in MA stock with ownership which is approximately 3.7709%.
