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. Since then, MA shares have increased by 13.1% and is now trading at $305.1650. 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 Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mastercard.

Mastercard will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th 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 Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider earned $4.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 149.02% and a net margin of 46.75%. Mastercard's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.78 earnings per share. View Mastercard's earnings history.

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 9th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

30 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's share price to reach $328.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

News coverage about MA stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,430,000 shares, a decrease of 19.5% from the June 15th total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.11%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Hexavest Inc., Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, 6 Meridian, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Centre Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ann Cairns, 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 MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, TIAA FSB, Canandaigua National Corp, Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Gibraltar Capital Management Inc., and Cullinan Associates Inc.. 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 $305.17.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $306.31 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]