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 (WHO). Since then, MA shares have increased by 12.1% and is now trading at $302.30. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 4 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, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mastercard.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider earned $4.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 149.02% and a net margin of 46.75%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.78 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 given 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 0.53%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

30 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $267.00 to $380.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $320.46 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

Media coverage about MA stock has been trending extremely positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a coverage optimism score of 4.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutMastercard.

Mastercard saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,190,000 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the April 30th total of 6,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Mastercard's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mastercard investors own include Visa (V), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), salesforce.com (CRM), Boeing (BA), 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.65%), State Street Corp (3.67%), Capital World Investors (1.57%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.51%), Morgan Stanley (1.40%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%). 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Melvin Capital Management LP, and 1832 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Capital International Investors, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Swiss National Bank, and Parnassus Investments CA. 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 $302.30.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $303.43 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]