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 given a dividend of $0.135 per share on Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date 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 has initiated a stock buyback plan 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 repurchase up to 16.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The construction company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.07. The construction company earned $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.34 billion. Masco had a return on equity of 792.80% and a net margin of 8.77%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.62-2.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.67.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Masco's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate Masco's stock price to reach $45.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% 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.

Headlines about MAS stock have been trending negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Masco earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 in 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 daily 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.79%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.13%), Hexavest Inc. (0.10%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and First American Trust FSB (0.03%). 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., Delphi Management Inc. MA, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Biltmore Wealth Management LLC and Bremer Bank National Association. 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., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Artemis Investment Management LLP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., First American Trust FSB, Cerebellum GP LLC and Boltwood Capital Management. 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 $42.51.

Masco has a market capitalization of $12.30 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.