NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

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

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.25. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 91.56% and a net margin of 32.42%. Mastercard's revenue was up 30.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.01 earnings per share. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

32 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $215.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $185.40 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

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News articles about MA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the credit services provider an impact score of 46.00 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.14%), Northern Trust Corp (1.05%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.03%), Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC (0.85%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.85%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.75%). 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, Silvio Barzi 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Swiss National Bank, USS Investment Management Ltd, Legal & General Group Plc, Northern Trust Corp and Flossbach Von Storch AG. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Richard Haythornthwaite and Timothy H Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mastercard.

MA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., GQG Partners LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC and Royal Bank of Canada. 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 $201.48.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $209.61 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]