NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The credit services provider reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.25. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 32.42% and a return on equity of 91.56%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 30.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.01 earnings per share. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

32 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $215.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's share price to reach $185.40 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

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Headlines about MA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 46.02 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Mastercard's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.14%), Northern Trust Corp (1.05%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.03%), Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC (0.85%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.85%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.75%). 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, Silvio Barzi 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Swiss National Bank, USS Investment Management Ltd, Legal & General Group Plc, Northern Trust Corp and Flossbach Von Storch AG. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, 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 BlackRock Inc., GQG Partners LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC and Royal Bank of Canada. 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 $191.62.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $198.77 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]