NYSE:MAS - Masco Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Masco announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.135 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 16.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The construction company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.01. The construction company earned $1.95 billion during 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%. Masco's quarterly revenue was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share. 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 updated its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.19-2.23 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.54.

16 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Masco's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Masco's stock price to reach $48.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. 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.

Press coverage about MAS stock has trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a news impact score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a decrease in short interest in 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 short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 5.0% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 Exane Derivatives. 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 $49.11.

Masco has a market capitalization of $14.05 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.