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 20.9% and is now trading at $326.27.
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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 Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.21. The credit services provider earned $3.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 129.52% and a net margin of 45.12%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.89 earnings per share.
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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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 8th.
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Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

30 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Mastercard's shares. 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 2.2% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about MA stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.
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Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,370,000 shares, a decrease of 9.5% from the July 15th total of 4,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's shares 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Jennison Associates LLC (1.12%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Swiss National Bank (0.37%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.27%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.24%) and Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.18%). 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 Jennison Associates LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Banco Santander S.A.. 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 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 MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Principal Financial Group Inc., Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., LA Financiere DE L Echiquier, Pacer Advisors Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. 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 $326.27.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $327.49 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]