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

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

Mastercard declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 25th. Investors of record on Monday, July 9th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, August 9th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The credit services provider reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.25. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 32.42% and a return on equity of 91.56%. Mastercard's quarterly revenue was up 30.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.01 earnings per share. 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 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $230.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $191.0690 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.4%. View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 29 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Alibaba Group (BABA), Visa (V), Accenture (ACN), Paypal (PYPL), Booking (BKNG), eBay (EBAY), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), NetEase (NTES), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), First Data (FDC), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Global Payments (GPN), Total System Services (TSS), CoStar Group (CSGP) and Worldpay (WP).

Media headlines about MA stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the credit services provider an impact score of 45.68 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Mastercard's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.54%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.30%), Swedbank (0.24%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%) and Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.05%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Calamos Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware and Swedbank. 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 Retirement Systems of Alabama, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Rathbone Brothers plc, Broadleaf Partners LLC and Fisher Asset Management 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 $206.37.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $214.96 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 [email protected]