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 10.0% and is now trading at $296.83. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Mastercard.

Mastercard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mastercard.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider earned $4.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 46.75% and a return on equity of 149.02%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.78 EPS. View Mastercard's earnings history.

Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program 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 buy up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's share price to reach $326.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

News coverage about MA stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,430,000 shares, a decline of 19.5% from the June 15th total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Mastercard's Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Hexavest Inc. (0.02%) and Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Julius Genachowski, Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Richard K Davis, Steven J Freiberg, Timothy H Murphy and Venkata R Madabhushi. View institutional ownership trends for Mastercard.

MA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, 6 Meridian, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Centre Asset Management LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, and Eidelman Virant Capital. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ann Cairns, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Julius Genachowski, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Steven J Freiberg, and Venkata R Madabhushi. View insider buying and selling activity for Mastercard.

MA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canandaigua National Corp, DNB Asset Management AS, Cullinan Associates Inc., Clarius Group LLC, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, and Global Trust Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Mastercard stock in the last two years include Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, and Richard K Davis. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $296.83.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $297.94 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]