NYSE:MAS - Masco Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Masco announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, August 12th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 11th. View Masco's Dividend History.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The construction company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.07. The construction company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.34 billion. Masco had a net margin of 8.77% and a return on equity of 792.80%. Masco's quarterly revenue was down 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.75 earnings per share. View Masco's Earnings History.

Masco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Masco.

Masco issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.62-2.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.67.

19 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Masco's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate Masco's share price to reach $45.3571 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Masco.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Masco in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Masco.

News headlines about MAS stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,942,100 shares, an increase of 29.9% from the June 30th total of 5,345,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,170,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares 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 CA (CA), Home Depot (HD), Honeywell International (HON), Alibaba Group (BABA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), BlackRock (BLK), Procter & Gamble (PG), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Masco's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.70%), BlackRock Inc. (7.87%), BlackRock Inc. (7.87%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (4.20%), APG Asset Management N.V. (2.59%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.53%). Company insiders that own Masco stock include J Michael Losh, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Joseph B Gross, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, Lokeren Mary Ann Van, Renee Straber, 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., RWC Asset Management LLP, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Advisors Capital Management LLC and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have sold Masco company stock in the last year include John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Foresters Investment Management Company Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.66.

Masco has a market capitalization of $11.19 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.