Mastercard Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:MA)

Mastercard trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MA."

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 9th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 8th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, December 4th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $6,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The credit services provider reported $2.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.01 by $0.14. The credit services provider earned $4.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.41 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 146.92% and a net margin of 42.50%. The firm's revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.78 earnings per share. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $245.00 to $348.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's share price to reach $304.81 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Mastercard.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

News coverage about MA stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,740,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the September 15th total of 6,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,610,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Mastercard's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Visa (V), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and Genpact (G).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mastercard investors own include Visa (V), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Boeing (BA), salesforce.com (CRM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Alphabet (GOOG).

Mastercard's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.87%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.36%), Parnassus Investments CA (0.27%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.20%) and Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.19%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Richard K Davis and Timothy H Murphy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mastercard.

MA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including USS Investment Management Ltd, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Sawgrass Asset Management LLC and Railway Pension Investments Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite and Timothy H Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mastercard.

MA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Selz Capital LLC, Moody National Bank Trust Division, Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Mastercard stock in the last two years include Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla and Richard K Davis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mastercard.

Shares of MA 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $280.78.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $283.27 billion and generates $14.95 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $5.86 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.49 on an earnings per share basis. Mastercard employs 14,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mastercard.

The official website for Mastercard is http://www.mastercard.com/.

Mastercard's mailing address is 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY, 10577. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 914-249-2000 or via email at [email protected]