Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB)

Mastercard has a 1-year low of $69.64 and a 1-year high of $99.18.

According to analysts, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is expected to report earnings per share for the current fiscal quarter of $0.88. The brokerage now has an equal weight rating on the stock.

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals across a range of end markets, including the petroleum refining, consumer electronics, plastics/packaging, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, crop protection, food safety and custom chemistry services marketplaces. The sales surprise factor in per share dollar terms was $7.245 for the most recent quarter or 7.715%.

On a technical level the stock has a 50 Day Moving Average of 52.48. The firm’s market capitalization is $595.95 million.

Inland Real Estate Corporation (NYSE:IRC) announced that it has declared a cash dividend of $0.169271 per share on the outstanding shares of its 8.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), payable on September 15, 2015, to holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on September 1, 2015.

An earnings surprise is the calculated difference between a firm’s expected earnings numbers provided by Wall Street analysts and the actual reported numbers. The firm had revenue of $771.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $770.08 million. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up.9% on a year-over-year basis.

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 10th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 30th. On a different note, The Company has disclosed insider buying and selling activities to the Securities Exchange, The director of Mastercard Inc, Tian Edward sold 10,500 shares at $97.41 on August 13, 2015. The Insider selling transaction had a total value worth of $47,108. The Insider information was divulged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Form 4 filing. Also, major shareholder Foundation Mastercard sold 22,162 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 16th. However, if the road gets shaky, the stock may fall short to $62 per share. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

Many analysts have commented on the company rating. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and set a $23.00 price target (up previously from $20.00) on shares of Noble Corp plc in a report on Saturday, May 9th. Finally, Zacks reaffirmed a buy rating and issued a $2.25 price objective on shares of Oi SA in a report on Friday, May 1st. They issued an accumulate rating and a $68.00 price objective for the company.

The average broker recommendation is arithmetical average of the individual ratings contributed by sell-side analysts to produce a Consensus Analyst Rating for each stock. Noble Corp plc presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $18.67.

MasterCard Incorporated is a technology company in the global payments industry. MasterCard manages a family of payment brands, including MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus, which the Company license to its customers for use in their payment programs and solutions. The Company also provides domestic and global long-distance services.