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 stock has increased by 21.5% and is now trading at $327.83.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The credit services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 the consensus estimate of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.12% and a return on equity of 129.52%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.89 earnings per share.
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Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Investors 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 yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 8th.
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Mastercard announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

30 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $280.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's share price to reach $334.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about MA stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a coverage optimism score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Mastercard saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,090,000 shares, a drop of 16.8% from the January 15th total of 8,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Corelogic (CLGX) 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), Adobe (ADBE) 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Jennison Associates LLC (1.12%), Akre Capital Management LLC (0.59%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.39%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Swiss National Bank (0.37%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.27%). 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, Toronto Dominion Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Prudential Financial Inc., and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 Fisher Asset Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Jackson Square Partners LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust 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 $327.83.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $328.18 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]