NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, February 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 8th. This is an increase from Mastercard's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The credit services provider reported $2.15 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 42.50% and a return on equity of 146.92%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.78 earnings per share. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

Mastercard will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

27 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $375.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $326.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Mastercard.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 25 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

Headlines about MA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,550,000 shares, a decrease of 6.6% from the December 15th total of 8,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Boeing (BA), Home Depot (HD), salesforce.com (CRM) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.59%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.19%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.08%), Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.05%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Hexavest Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Selz Capital LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, DNB Asset Management AS, Chapman Investment Management LLC, Peterson Wealth Management, Diversified Trust Co, Telos Capital Management Inc. and AE Wealth Management LLC. 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 $324.98.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $327.86 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]