NYSE:MAMastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MA stock has increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $300.61. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 25 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Mastercard.

Mastercard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mastercard.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider earned $4.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 46.75% and a return on equity of 149.02%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.78 earnings per share. View Mastercard's earnings history.

Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

29 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $326.85 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

News stories about MA stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,430,000 shares, a decrease of 19.5% from the June 15th total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Mastercard's Current Options Chain.

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

Mastercard's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), PM CAPITAL Ltd (0.01%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%) and Spence Asset Management (0.01%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Julius Genachowski, Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Richard K Davis, Steven J Freiberg, Timothy H Murphy and Venkata R Madabhushi. View institutional ownership trends for Mastercard.

MA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Diversified Trust Co, PM CAPITAL Ltd, Robecosam AG, Paragon Advisors LLC, and Bath Savings Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ann Cairns, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Julius Genachowski, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Steven J Freiberg, and Venkata R Madabhushi. View insider buying and selling activity for Mastercard.

MA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Cullinan Associates Inc., Clarius Group LLC, E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd., Fulton Bank N. A., S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, and Summit Financial Group Inc.. 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 activity 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 $300.61.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $301.73 billion and generates $16.88 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $8.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.77 on an earnings per share basis. Mastercard employs 11,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Mastercard is 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]