Mastercard Stock Forecast, Price & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MA shares have increased by 23.6% and is now trading at $333.54.
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32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Mastercard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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Mastercard will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The credit services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.21. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.12% and a return on equity of 129.52%. Mastercard's revenue was down 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.89 EPS.
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Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, November 9th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 8th.
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Mastercard announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which allows the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $280.00 to $415.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $347.81 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price.
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Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,690,000 shares, a decrease of 19.1% from the August 31st total of 4,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Visa (V), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), Genpact (G), WEX (WEX), Corelogic (CLGX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and MAXIMUS (MMS).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mastercard investors own include Visa (V), NVIDIA (NVDA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), salesforce.com (CRM), Tesla (TSLA), Adobe (ADBE) and The Boeing (BA).

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 Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.18%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.16%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, J Mehra Sachin, Julius Genachowski, Kevin Stanton, Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Richard K Davis, Steven J Freiberg, Timothy H Murphy and Venkata R Madabhushi.
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MA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Factory Mutual Insurance Co., and Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, J Mehra Sachin, Julius Genachowski, Kevin Stanton, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Steven J Freiberg, and Venkata R Madabhushi.
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MA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Jag Capital Management LLC, Milestone Resources Group Ltd, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, and Avantax Advisory Services Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Mastercard stock in the last two years include Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, and Richard K Davis.
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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 $333.54.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $333.89 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]