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 dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 6th. View Mastercard's Dividend History.

Mastercard announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 5th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) released its quarterly earnings results 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 return on equity of 91.56% and a net margin of 32.42%. Mastercard's quarterly revenue 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.

31 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Mastercard's stock. Their predictions range from $140.00 to $230.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $194.6071 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%. View Analyst Ratings for Mastercard.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 28 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), Mercadolibre (MELI) and CoStar Group (CSGP).

News articles about MA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 47.15 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Mastercard's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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%), Jensen Investment Management Inc. (0.09%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%). 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, Jensen Investment Management Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Calamos Advisors LLC, Fred Alger Management Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Confluence Investment Management LLC. 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 Amalgamated Bank. 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 $206.06.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $217.52 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]