NASDAQ:MTCH - Match Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Match Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MTCH."

Match Group declared a special dividend on Thursday, November 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 5th will be paid a dividend of $2.00 per share on Wednesday, December 19th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 4th. View Match Group's Dividend History.

Match Group announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback 6,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.03. The technology company earned $444 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $438.03 million. Match Group had a return on equity of 60.95% and a net margin of 21.24%. The business's revenue was up 29.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.19 EPS. View Match Group's Earnings History.

Match Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Match Group.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Match Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Match Group's share price to reach $52.3077 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Match Group.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Match Group in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Match Group.

Media headlines about MTCH stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Match Group earned a news impact score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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(MTCH) raised $433 million in an IPO on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The company issued 33,300,000 shares at $12.00-$14.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, Allen & Company, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Barclays and BNP PARIBAS served as the underwriters for the IPO and Cowen and Company, Oppenheimer, PNC Capital Markets, SOCIETE GENERALE and Fifth Third Securities were co-managers.

Match Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (1.04%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.73%), FMR LLC (0.65%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (0.60%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.54%) and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (0.54%). Company insiders that own Match Group stock include Amanda Ginsberg, Amarnath Thombre, Ann Mcdaniel, Gary Swidler, Gregory R Blatt, Jared F Sine, Philip D Eigenmann, Sam Yagan and Sharmistha Dubey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Match Group.

MTCH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, First Manhattan Co., Scout Investments Inc., Seven Eight Capital LP, BlackRock Inc. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Match Group company stock in the last year include Amanda Ginsberg, Ann Mcdaniel, Gary Swidler, Gregory R Blatt, Jared F Sine, Philip D Eigenmann and Sharmistha Dubey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Match Group.

MTCH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FIL Ltd, Wells Fargo & Company MN, FMR LLC, Penserra Capital Management LLC, Gladstone Capital Management LLP and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Match Group.

Shares of MTCH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MTCH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.00.

Match Group has a market capitalization of $11.57 billion and generates $1.33 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $350.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.52 on an earnings per share basis. Match Group employs 1,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Match Group is http://www.mtch.com.

Match Group's mailing address is 8750 North Central Expressway Suite 1400, Dallas TX, 75231. The technology company can be reached via phone at 214-576-9352 or via email at [email protected]