NYSE:MAMastercard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mastercard's stock was trading at $269.76 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MA stock has increased by 13.0% and is now trading at $304.79. 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 results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.10. The credit services provider had revenue of $4.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.98 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 149.02% and a net margin of 46.75%. Mastercard's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, August 7th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 8th. View Mastercard's dividend history.

Mastercard declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $8,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

30 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Mastercard's shares. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect Mastercard's stock price to reach $328.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mastercard.

News headlines about MA stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mastercard earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Mastercard.

Mastercard saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,430,000 shares, a drop of 19.5% from the June 15th total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,570,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 many different 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 bought 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 $304.79.

Mastercard has a market capitalization of $305.93 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]