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. 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 1.23%. 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 announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback 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 reacquire up to 16.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The construction company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.07. The construction company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.34 billion. Masco had a net margin of 8.77% and a return on equity of 792.80%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Masco's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect 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.

Press coverage about MAS stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Masco.

Masco saw a increase in short interest in 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 currently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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.