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 47.3% and is now trading at $58.21.
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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."
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Masco is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The construction company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.13. The construction company earned $1.76 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.69 billion. Masco had a negative return on equity of 1,729.19% and a net margin of 19.23%. The firm's revenue was down 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.88 earnings per share.
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Masco announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.135 per share on Monday, August 10th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 9th.
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Masco declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, September 17th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 16.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Masco updated its second quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 16th. The company provided earnings per share 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Masco's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Masco's share price to reach $53.38 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.3%.
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Press coverage about MAS stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a coverage optimism score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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Masco saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,450,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the July 15th total of 4,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Masco investors own include Honeywell International (HON), Home Depot (HD), Procter & Gamble (PG), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), QUALCOMM (QCOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

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

Masco's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.22%), Nordea Investment Management AB (1.06%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.04%), AJO LP (0.90%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.53%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.50%). 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, Renee Straber, Richard A Manoogian and Richard A O'reagan.
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MAS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Hexavest Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Columbus Circle Investors, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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, Renee Straber, Richard A Manoogian, and Richard A O'reagan.
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MAS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, AJO LP, Prudential Financial Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Strs Ohio, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V..
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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 $58.21.

Masco has a market capitalization of $15.22 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.