Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Sold by Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. cut its position in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 98.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,472 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 109,367 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $838,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 250.0% in the third quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC now owns 56 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Tacita Capital Inc boosted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 50.0% in the third quarter. Tacita Capital Inc now owns 57 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Bay Harbor Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 54.1% in the fourth quarter. Bay Harbor Wealth Management LLC now owns 57 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Dagco Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 200.0% in the fourth quarter. Dagco Inc. now owns 66 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Mastercard in the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,000. 97.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard participated in a pilot that completed a near?real?time, cross?border tokenized U.S. Treasury redemption with JPMorgan, Ripple and Ondo — a proof?of?concept that signals Mastercard is active in tokenized securities and settlement rails that could open new fee and product opportunities. Ondo, JPMorgan, Mastercard & Ripple complete cross-border Treasury redemption
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard made a strategic investment in Astrada’s $3.8M seed round to build a data layer for “autonomous finance,” showing continued corporate venture activity to enhance data and product capabilities. Strategic VC bets can accelerate product development and partnerships. Astrada Raises Seed Round to Build the Data Layer for Autonomous Finance
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Morgan Stanley nudged its price target slightly higher and reiterated an Overweight rating, reflecting continued buy?side confidence in MA’s long?term cash generation and secular payments growth. Analyst upward moves can underpin investor sentiment. Morgan Stanley Raises Mastercard (MA) Target; Raymond James Flags Near-Term Headwinds
• Positive Sentiment: Income stability: coverage noting Mastercard’s upcoming quarterly dividend and strong free cash flow reinforces the view that the payout is well covered — supportive for income?oriented holders. Here’s Why Mastercard’s Dividend Payout Looks Bulletproof
• Positive Sentiment: Product push: Mastercard is targeting late B2B payment costs with new initiatives — if successful, this could expand addressable market and usage of its rails for higher?value commercial flows. Mastercard Targets the Hidden Cost of Late B2B Payments
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry context — Global Payments (GPN) reported a Q1 beat driven by Worldpay momentum; strong peers can signal healthy market volumes but also competitive dynamics. This is industry context rather than a direct MA catalyst. Global Payments Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates on Worldpay Momentum
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: UK regulators have opened an investigation into PayPal, Visa and Mastercard over potential anti?competitive conduct tied to PayPal’s wallet funding and use — this raises the prospect of fines, remedies or changes to wallet economics in a major market. PayPal, Visa and Mastercard Face UK Competition Investigation

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings lowered Mastercard from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Mastercard from $685.00 to $655.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $739.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Loop Capital initiated coverage on Mastercard in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $631.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Mastercard from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $657.07.

Mastercard Stock Performance

NYSE MA opened at $491.66 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $506.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $534.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $438.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.56, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98. Mastercard Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $480.50 and a fifty-two week high of $601.77.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.41 by $0.19. Mastercard had a return on equity of 212.96% and a net margin of 45.88%.The company had revenue of $8.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.26 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.73 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts anticipate that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a $0.87 dividend. This represents a $3.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is 20.14%.

Mastercard Profile

Mastercard Incorporated is a global payments technology company that operates a network connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 200 countries and territories. The company facilitates electronic payments and transaction processing for credit, debit and prepaid card products carrying the Mastercard brand, while also providing a range of payment-related services to issuers, acquirers and merchants. Its technology and network enable authorization, clearing and settlement of payments and support a broad set of use cases including point-of-sale, e-commerce and mobile payments.

Beyond core transaction processing, Mastercard offers a suite of value-added services such as fraud and risk management, identity and authentication tools, tokenization and digital wallet support, cross-border and commercial payment solutions, and data analytics and consulting services for merchants and financial partners.