What Do You Need to Know About Mastercard (MA) Before Investing?

By Chris Stiles • Tuesday, July 01 10:08 • Permanent Link

Mastercard logged a -0.3% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $560.45 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. MA's trading volume is 753,520 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,979,639.

Mastercard trades -9.83% away from its average analyst target price of $621.58 per share. The 37 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $500.0 to $690.0, and on average have given Mastercard a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in MA, you'll want to know the following:

Mastercard's current price is 1098.6% above its Graham number of $46.76, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Mastercard has moved 26.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 14.27, Mastercard has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 39.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
MA has a forward P/E ratio of 34.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $16.38 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 76.45 compared to its sector average of 2.93
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally.
Based in Purchase, the company has 35,300 full time employees and a market cap of $508.93 Billion. Mastercard currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

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