NYSE:MAS - Masco Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Masco declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.135 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. View Masco's Dividend History.

Masco declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, September 17th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 16.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The construction company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.01. The construction company had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.13 billion. Masco had a net margin of 8.27% and a return on equity of 1,500.49%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. View Masco's Earnings History.

Masco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Masco.

Masco will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 11th 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 FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.19-2.23 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.54.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Masco's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Masco's share price to reach $48.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Masco.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Masco in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Masco.

Headlines about MAS stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,010,000 shares, a decline of 10.9% from the December 15th total of 15,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.9 days. Approximately 5.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Masco's Current Options Chain.

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Masco's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.51%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.36%), PGGM Investments (0.18%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.15%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.12%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Masco stock include J Michael Losh, Jai Shah, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Joseph B Gross, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, Lokeren Mary Ann Van, 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, PGGM Investments, Scout Investments Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands and Pensionfund Sabic. Company insiders that have sold Masco company stock in the last year include Jai Shah, John G Sznewajs, John P Lindow, Keith J Allman, Kenneth G Cole, Lisa A Payne, Marie A Ffolkes, Richard A Manoogian and Richard A O'reagan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Masco.

MAS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Calamos Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $49.09.

Masco has a market capitalization of $14.04 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.