NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, February 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 8th. This is an increase from Mastercard's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The credit services provider reported $2.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.01 by $0.14. The credit services provider earned $4.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.41 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 146.92% and a net margin of 42.50%. The firm's revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.78 EPS. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

Mastercard will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

27 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $375.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's share price to reach $325.39 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Mastercard.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 25 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

Headlines about MA stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,550,000 shares, a decline of 6.6% from the December 15th total of 8,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Mastercard's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Visa (V), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), The Western Union (WU), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and Genpact (G).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mastercard investors own include Visa (V), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Paypal (PYPL), Home Depot (HD), Boeing (BA), salesforce.com (CRM) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.59%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.19%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.08%), Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.05%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Calamos Advisors 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, Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Richard K Davis 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 Hexavest Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Selz Capital LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite and Timothy H Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mastercard.

MA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, DNB Asset Management AS, Peterson Wealth Management, Diversified Trust Co, AE Wealth Management LLC, Advisors Capital Management LLC and Paragon Advisors 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 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 $324.78.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $327.66 billion and generates $14.95 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $5.86 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.49 on an earnings per share basis. Mastercard employs 14,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mastercard.

The official website for Mastercard is http://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]