NYSE:MAMastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MA stock has increased by 21.2% and is now trading at $326.94.
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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."
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Mastercard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The credit services provider reported $1.36 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.21. The credit services provider earned $3.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 129.52% and a net margin of 45.12%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.89 earnings per share.
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Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 9th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 8th.
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Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

30 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $333.34 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about MA stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,370,000 shares, a decrease of 9.5% from the June 30th total of 4,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Visa (V), Fidelity National Information Servcs (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), 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.11%), Raymond James & Associates (0.11%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%). 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, 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 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, and Ziegler Capital Management 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, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Steven J Freiberg, and Venkata R Madabhushi.
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MA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, LA Financiere DE L Echiquier, Pacer Advisors Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Everett Harris & Co. CA, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, and Arizona State Retirement System. 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 $326.94.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $328.16 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]