NYSE:MAMastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MA stock has increased by 21.6% and is now trading at $328.02.
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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."
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Mastercard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The credit services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.21. The credit services provider had revenue of $3.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 129.52% and a net margin of 45.12%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.89 earnings per share.
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Mastercard announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 8th.
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Mastercard declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback $8,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

30 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Mastercard's stock. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $333.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about MA stock has been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of -4.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 company's share price in the near term.
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Mastercard saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,370,000 shares, a drop of 9.5% from the July 15th total of 4,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Mastercard include Visa (V), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), Genpact (G), WEX (WEX), Corelogic (CLGX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and MAXIMUS (MMS).
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Jennison Associates LLC (1.12%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.39%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Swiss National Bank (0.37%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.27%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.24%). Company insiders that own Mastercard stock include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Craig Vosburg, David R Carlucci, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, J Mehra Sachin, Julius Genachowski, Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Richard K Davis, Steven J Freiberg, Timothy H Murphy and Venkata R Madabhushi.
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MA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Banco Santander S.A.. Company insiders that have sold Mastercard company stock in the last year include Ajay Banga, Ann Cairns, Edward Grunde Mclaughlin, Foundation Mastercard, Gilberto Caldart, J Mehra Sachin, Julius Genachowski, Michael Fraccaro, Michael Miebach, Richard Haythornthwaite, Steven J Freiberg, and Venkata R Madabhushi.
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MA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Principal Financial Group Inc., Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., LA Financiere DE L Echiquier, and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Mastercard stock in the last two years include Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla, and Richard K Davis.
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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 $328.02.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $329.25 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]