Mastercard Stock Forecast, Price & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MA shares have increased by 23.0% and is now trading at $331.78.
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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 Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The credit services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.21. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 129.52% and a net margin of 45.12%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.89 earnings per share.
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Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, October 9th will be given 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 of this dividend is Thursday, October 8th.
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Mastercard declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

32 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $280.00 to $415.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's share price to reach $347.03 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price.
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Mastercard saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,690,000 shares, a decline 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. Approximately 0.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), salesforce.com (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Tesla (TSLA) and Boeing (BA).

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

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.28%), FMR LLC (3.61%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.36%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.12%), Akre Capital Management LLC (0.59%) and Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC (0.54%). 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 FMR LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, and Vanguard Group Inc.. 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 Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Fisher Asset Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, Jackson Square Partners LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Thornburg Investment Management 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 $331.78.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $332.13 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]