NYSE:MA - Mastercard Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, May 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.25. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 32.42% and a return on equity of 91.56%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 30.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.01 EPS. View Mastercard's Earnings History.

Mastercard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Mastercard.

32 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $215.00. On average, they anticipate Mastercard's stock price to reach $185.40 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

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Media coverage about MA stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 48.30 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.14%), Northern Trust Corp (1.05%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.03%), Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC (0.85%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.85%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.75%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gary J Flood, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Richard Haythornthwaite, Robert Reeg, Silvio Barzi and Timothy H Murphy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mastercard.

MA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Swiss National Bank, USS Investment Management Ltd, Legal & General Group Plc, Northern Trust Corp and Flossbach Von Storch AG. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Martina Hundmejean, Michael Fraccaro, Richard Haythornthwaite and Timothy H Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mastercard.

MA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., GQG Partners LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC, Royal Bank of Canada and Mackay Shields LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $190.75.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $198.77 billion and generates $12.50 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $3.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.58 on an earnings per share basis. Mastercard employs 13,400 workers across the globe.

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 investo[email protected]