NYSE:MAS - Masco Stock Price, Forecast & News

Masco trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MAS."

Masco declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.135 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. View Masco's Dividend History.

Masco declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, September 17th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 16.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The construction company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.01. The construction company had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.13 billion. Masco had a net margin of 8.27% and a return on equity of 1,500.49%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 EPS. View Masco's Earnings History.

Masco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Masco.

Masco will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Masco issued an update on its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.19-2.23 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.54.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Masco's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Masco's share price to reach $48.73 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Masco.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Masco in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Masco.

Media headlines about MAS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,010,000 shares, a decrease of 10.9% from the December 15th total of 15,720,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 5.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Masco's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Masco investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Honeywell International (HON), Procter & Gamble (PG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), CA (CA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), CVS Health (CVS) and AT&T (T).

Masco's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.51%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.45%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.36%), PGGM Investments (0.18%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.15%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.12%). Company insiders that own Masco stock include J Michael Losh, Jai Shah, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Joseph B Gross, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, Lokeren Mary Ann Van, Marie A Ffolkes, Richard A Manoogian and Richard A O'reagan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Masco.

MAS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, PGGM Investments, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Scout Investments Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands. Company insiders that have sold Masco company stock in the last year include Jai Shah, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, Marie A Ffolkes, Richard A Manoogian and Richard A O'reagan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Masco.

MAS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Calamos Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Wealthfront Advisers LLC and Boston Trust Walden Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Masco.

Shares of MAS 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 MAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.32.

Masco has a market capitalization of $14.11 billion and generates $8.36 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $734 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.50 on an earnings per share basis. Masco employs 26,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Masco.

The official website for Masco is http://www.masco.com/.

Masco's mailing address is 17450 COLLEGE PARKWAY, LIVONIA MI, 48152. The construction company can be reached via phone at 313-274-7400.