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. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 9th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.25. The credit services provider earned $3.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 91.56% and a net margin of 32.42%. The company's revenue was up 30.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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 12 month price objectives for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $215.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's share price to reach $185.40 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

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News headlines about MA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a news impact score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 44.30 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Mastercard's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 $191.91.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $201.48 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]