NYSE:MAMastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MA shares have increased by 9.6% and is now trading at $295.68. 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) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider earned $4.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 149.02% and a net margin of 46.75%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.78 earnings per share. View Mastercard's earnings history.

Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Stockholders 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 yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

30 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $326.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

Headlines about MA stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,430,000 shares, a drop of 19.5% from the June 15th total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, 6 Meridian, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Eidelman Virant Capital, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 acquired 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 $295.68.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $296.79 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]