Mastercard Stock Forecast, Price & 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 (WHO). Since then, MA shares have increased by 24.4% and is now trading at $335.63.
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32 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 29 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Mastercard stock.
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6,978 employees have rated Mastercard CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Mastercard's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Mastercard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 28th 2021.
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Mastercard will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 28th. The credit services provider reported $1.60 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.65 by $0.05. The credit services provider earned $3.84 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.94 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 114.80% and a net margin of 43.13%.
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Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 8th. Investors of record on Friday, January 8th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, February 9th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 7th. This is a positive change from Mastercard's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.54%. Mastercard does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Mastercard is 22.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Mastercard will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.60% next year. This indicates that Mastercard will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 8th 2020, which authorizes the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

32 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $280.00 to $420.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $353.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Visa (V), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Paychex (PAYX), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), The Western Union (WU), Genpact (G), 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), The Walt Disney (DIS), PayPal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), salesforce.com (CRM), Tesla (TSLA), Adobe (ADBE) and The Boeing (BA).

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 investors include Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.18%), Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.12%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.07%), Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). 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, Kevin Stanton, 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Bartlett & Co. LLC, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Centre Asset Management LLC, and Transform Wealth 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, Kevin Stanton, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Sarasin & Partners LLP, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Oak Harvest Investment Services. 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $335.63.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $334.60 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]