After Hours
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities.
Stocks Info
As a NYSE listed company, MA falls under the Financial sector while operating within the Credit Services industry segment. The current market capitalization of Mastercard Incorporated is $514.23B. A total of 3.61 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.56M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Miebach Michael sold 18,000 shares of MA for 564.95 per share on Feb 18 ’25. After the transaction, the President & CEO now owns 81,927 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 18 ’25, Vosburg Craig sold 14,103 shares at 565.00 per share. MA shares that Chief Services Officer owns now total 55,653.
Among the insiders who sold shares, McLaughlin Edward Grunde disposed of 10,942 shares on Feb 18 ’25 at a per-share price of $564.99. This resulted in the President & CTO, MA Tech holding 27,863 shares of MA after the transaction. In another insider transaction, MICHAEL MIEBACH bought 18,000 shares at $564.76 per share on Feb 18 ’25.
Dividend
Investors prefer companies that pay dividends because dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate a positive outlook. Mastercard Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $2.74, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.49%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 40.61. MA’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.54% when it declared a $0.76 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/9/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/9/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 0.57%. The MA stock dividend was $0.76 per share in cash.
In spite of price targets being rarely accurate, it tends to exert some kind influence from time to time, and was often accepted by the market as having some value. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MA has a high of $576.94 and a low of $428.86.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
The balance sheet of a company shows what assets and liabilities a company has, as well as the amount, equity investors have invested. With the help of this information, a company’s financial ratios can be calculated to give investors an overview of the company’s prospects. 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 $7.10, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $7.41B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside 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 4.65.
