NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MA stock has decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $247.65. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 26 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, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mastercard.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.87 by $0.09. The credit services provider had revenue of $4.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.40 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 150.46% and a net margin of 48.08%. Mastercard's revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.55 earnings per share. View Mastercard's earnings history.

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, May 8th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

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

28 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $264.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $323.81 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

News headlines about MA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMastercard.

Mastercard saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 8,223,100 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the February 27th total of 6,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares 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), Total System Services (TSS), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), The Western Union (WU), Genpact (G), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and MAXIMUS (MMS).

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), salesforce.com (CRM), Home Depot (HD) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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 FMR LLC (4.02%), State Street Corp (3.66%), Capital World Investors (2.06%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.76%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.24%). 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, 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 FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Parnassus Investments CA, Capital World Investors, Point72 Asset Management L.P., AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, and Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC. 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 Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, 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 Norges Bank, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Private Advisor Group LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Capital International Investors, and 1832 Asset Management L.P.. 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 $247.65.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $248.92 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. 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]