Masco Corp (NYSE: MAS) is -4.63% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $63.81 and a high of $86.70 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MAS stock was last observed hovering at around $71.13 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.92%.
Currently trading at $69.21, the stock is -7.23% and -8.73% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.58 million and changing -2.70% at the moment leaves the stock -9.22% off its SMA200. MAS registered -7.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -11.64%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $75.827 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $76.2397.
The stock witnessed a -12.00% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.81%, and is -6.66% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.24% over the week and 2.48% over the month.
Masco Corp (MAS) has around 18000 employees, a market worth around $14.67B and $7.83B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.44 and Fwd P/E is 14.55. Profit margin for the company is 10.50%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.46% and -20.17% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (28.47%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.28% this year
1205.0 institutions hold shares in Masco Corp (MAS), with institutional investors hold 98.95% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 212.50M, and float is at 211.04M with Short Float at 2.02%. Institutions hold 98.58% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 26.31 million shares valued at $1.75 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.9034 of the MAS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 16.76 million shares valued at $1.12 billion to account for 7.5846 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 10.1 million shares representing 4.5701 and valued at over $673.37 million, while MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ holds 4.4889 of the shares totaling 9.83 million with a market value of $655.41 million.
Masco Corp (MAS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Straber Renee, the company’s VP – Chief HR Officer. SEC filings show that Straber Renee sold 3,139 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 11 ’25 at a price of $71.78 per share for a total of $0.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 33027.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 07 ’25, Alexander Mark R. (Director) disposed off 20,172 shares at an average price of $74.03 for $1.49 million. The insider now directly holds 17,919 shares of Masco Corp (MAS).
