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 (WHO). Since then, MA stock has increased by 11.7% and is now trading at $301.37. 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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider earned $4.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 46.75% and a return on equity of 149.02%. The firm's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.78 earnings per share. View Mastercard's earnings history.

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, May 8th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

30 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $267.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's share price to reach $321.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

News headlines about MA stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMastercard.

Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,190,000 shares, a decrease of 9.9% from the April 30th total of 6,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,260,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's 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 BlackRock Inc. (6.65%), State Street Corp (3.67%), Capital World Investors (1.57%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.51%), Morgan Stanley (1.40%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%). 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Melvin Capital Management LP, and 1832 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Capital International Investors, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Swiss National Bank, and Parnassus Investments CA. 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 $301.37.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $302.50 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]