NYSE:MASMasco Stock Price, Forecast & News

Masco's stock was trading at $39.53 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MAS shares have increased by 26.8% and is now trading at $50.14. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Masco in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Masco.

Masco is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Masco.

Masco 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.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The construction company reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.10. The construction company had revenue of $1.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. Masco had a net margin of 18.13% and a negative return on equity of 2,296.06%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.44 earnings per share. View Masco's earnings history.

Masco declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.135 per share on Monday, August 10th. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 9th. View Masco's dividend history.

Masco declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, September 17th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in 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 plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Masco issued an update on its second quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.093-2.093 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.48 billion.

21 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Masco's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Masco's share price to reach $51.15 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Masco.

News coverage about MAS stock has trended negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Masco.

Masco saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,140,000 shares, a drop of 15.3% from the May 31st total of 7,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Masco's Current Options Chain.

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

Masco's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boltwood Capital Management (0.00%). Company insiders that own Masco stock include Jai Shah, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Joseph B Gross, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, 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 Boltwood Capital Management. Company insiders that have sold Masco company stock in the last year include Jai Shah, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Joseph B Gross, Kenneth G Cole, Marie A Ffolkes, Richard A Manoogian, and Richard A O'reagan. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $50.14.

Masco has a market capitalization of $13.22 billion and generates $6.71 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $935 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. Masco employs 18,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Masco is 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.