Mastercard - MA Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MA shares.
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15 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Mastercard's shares. Their MA share price forecasts range from $298.00 to $472.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $414.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 45.6% from the stock's current price.
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Mastercard's stock was trading at $359.32 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MA stock has decreased by 20.9% and is now trading at $284.34.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 28th. The credit services provider reported $2.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.36 by $0.20. The credit services provider had revenue of $5.50 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 46.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 143.35%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 21.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.95 earnings per share.
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Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share on Wednesday, November 9th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 6th.
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Mastercard (NYSE:MA) pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.68%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MA will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.49% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Mastercard announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, November 30th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 2.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

18 employees have rated Mastercard Chief Executive Officer Michael Miebach on Glassdoor.com. Michael Miebach has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Michael Miebach in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

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One share of MA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $284.34.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has a market capitalization of $274.78 billion and generates $18.88 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $8.69 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.87 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

Mastercard's mailing address is 2000 PURCHASE STREET, PURCHASE NY, 10577. The official website for the company is www.mastercard.com. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at (914) 249-2000, via email at investor.relations@mastercard.com, or via fax at 914-249-4262.