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

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

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 9th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, November 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 5th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The credit services provider reported $1.66 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 analyst estimates of $3.65 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 103.82% and a net margin of 33.81%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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.

30 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $244.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $208.4815 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mastercard.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 26 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating 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), Worldpay (WP), NetEase (NTES), Pinduoduo (PDD), First Data (FDC), Global Payments (GPN), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), FleetCor Technologies (FLT) and Total System Services (TSS).

News articles about MA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the credit services provider an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Mastercard.

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%). 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., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., TPG Group Holdings SBS Advisors Inc., Bank of America Corp DE and Acadian Asset Management LLC. 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 $220.05.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $228.51 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]