Masco Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MAS)

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

Masco announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 11th will be given a dividend of $0.135 per share on Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 10th. This is a boost from Masco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View Masco's Dividend History.

Masco declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share 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 buy up to 16.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The construction company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.07. The construction company earned $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.34 billion. Masco had a return on equity of 792.80% and a net margin of 8.77%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.75 EPS. View Masco's Earnings History.

Masco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Masco.

Masco will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 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 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 EPS estimate of $2.67.

17 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Masco's shares. Their predictions range from $34.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate Masco's share price to reach $45.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Masco.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Masco in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Masco.

News articles about MAS stock have trended very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a daily sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 8,250,000 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the August 30th total of 7,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Masco's Current Options Chain.

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Masco's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.79%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.56%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.50%), PGGM Investments (0.30%), Robecosam AG (0.18%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.17%). 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 Scout Investments Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Patten & Patten Inc. TN, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., PGGM Investments, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Robecosam AG, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC and Artemis Investment Management LLP. 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 $43.85.

Masco has a market capitalization of $12.69 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.