NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, August 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The credit services provider reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.13. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.65 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 33.81% and a return on equity of 103.82%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.10 EPS. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

32 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $244.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $202.2333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mastercard.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 29 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Alibaba Group (BABA), Visa (V), Accenture (ACN), Paypal (PYPL), Booking (BKNG), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), eBay (EBAY), NetEase (NTES), First Data (FDC), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), Pinduoduo (PDD), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Global Payments (GPN), Total System Services (TSS) and Mercadolibre (MELI).

Media stories about MA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Mastercard.

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.26%), FMR LLC (3.77%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.50%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.37%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%) and Morgan Stanley (1.25%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gary J Flood, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Richard Haythornthwaite, Robert Reeg 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Vontobel Asset Management Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Magellan Asset Management Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, 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 FMR LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Harvard Management Co. Inc. and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.41.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $210.44 billion and generates $12.50 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $3.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.58 on an earnings per share basis. Mastercard employs 13,400 workers across the globe.

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]