After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Earlier, Yahoo Finance discussed this stock as it revealed Feet in the Mud, Head in the Sky: A Morning Among the Mangroves.
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Stocks Info
MA belongs to the Financial sector of the NYSE while operating in the Credit Services industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $436.78 and fluctuated between $437.07 as its day high and $429.34 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Mastercard Incorporated is $409.60B. A total of 2.4 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.59M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, MA has seen 1 BUY and 8 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 1,000 and the disposition of 1,006,529 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 62 BUYs and 117 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 226,042 shares during that period but sold 4,499,911.
In the most recent transaction, Vosburg Craig sold 4,642 shares of MA for 430.00 per share on Jan 12. After the transaction, the Chief Product Officer now owns 46,491 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jan 11, Vosburg Craig sold 8,900 shares at 430.26 per share. MA shares that Chief Product Officer owns now total 46,491.
Among the insiders who sold shares, McLaughlin Edward Grunde disposed of 10,000 shares on Jan 02 at a per-share price of $421.43. This resulted in the President & CTO, MA Tech holding 23,614 shares of MA after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Bhalla Ajay sold 97 shares at $425.00 per share on Dec 14. Company shares held by the President Cyber & Intelligence now total 6,235.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Mastercard Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $2.23, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.51%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 38.04. MA’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1/8/2024 when it declared a $0.66 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/9/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/9/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 10/5/2023. The MA stock dividend was $0.57 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for MA in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $467.82 with high estimates of $520.00 and low estimates of $412.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MA has a high of $431.79 and a low of $340.21.
As of this writing, MA has an earnings estimate of $International Business Machines per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of Boeing Company (The) estimates, with a high estimate of $Marvell Technology, Inc. per share and a lower estimate of $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. MA’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $7.89B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $13.90B in debt and $13.16B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $6.72, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $7.41B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MA is Buy with a score of 4.82.
