NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 25th. Investors of record on Monday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, August 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The credit services provider reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.13. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.10 earnings per share. 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.

32 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $244.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $202.2333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mastercard.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 29 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

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Media coverage about MA stock has been trending positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a coverage optimism score of 0.34 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the credit services provider an impact score of 48.56 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Mastercard.

Mastercard's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 Morgan Stanley (1.25%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Harvard Management Co. Inc. and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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 $203.25.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $210.44 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]