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 is Tuesday, December 4th. View Match Group's Dividend History.

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

Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.03. The technology company had revenue of $444 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $438.03 million. Match Group had a return on equity of 60.95% and a net margin of 21.24%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 29.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.19 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Match Group's stock. Their predictions range from $34.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Match Group's stock price to reach $52.3077 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% 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.

Press coverage about MTCH stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Match Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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(MTCH) raised $433 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The company issued 33,300,000 shares at a price of $12.00-$14.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, Allen & Company, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Barclays and BNP PARIBAS acted 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (1.04%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.73%), FMR LLC (0.65%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.54%), Gladstone Capital Management LLP (0.44%) and FIL Ltd (0.39%). 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, First Manhattan Co., Scout Investments Inc., Seven Eight Capital LP, BlackRock Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Engineers Gate Manager LP and Carillon Tower Advisers 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 bought 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 $40.17.

Match Group has a market capitalization of $11.34 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]