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

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

Masco declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Investors of record on Friday, October 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.135 per share on Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 10th. This is a positive change from Masco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View Masco's Dividend History.

Masco declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase 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 purchase up to 16.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The construction company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.07. The construction company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.34 billion. Masco had a return on equity of 792.80% and a net margin of 8.77%. Masco's revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $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 updated 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.

20 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Masco's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate Masco's share price to reach $45.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Masco.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Masco in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Masco.

News coverage about MAS stock has been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,695,300 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the July 31st total of 6,942,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,960,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's stock 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 CA (CA), Home Depot (HD), Honeywell International (HON), Procter & Gamble (PG), Alibaba Group (BABA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), BlackRock (BLK), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Amgen (AMGN).

Masco's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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., Boston Partners, RWC Asset Management LLP, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. and Advisors Capital Management LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.51.

Masco has a market capitalization of $11.73 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.