Mastercard (NYSE:MA) CFO Sells 4,318 Shares of Company Stock

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) CFO Ling Hai sold 4,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $642.43, for a total value of $2,774,012.74. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 35,750 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,966,872.50. This represents a 10.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Hai Ling also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 2nd, Ling Hai sold 4,317 shares of Mastercard stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $641.00, for a total value of $2,767,197.00.
• On Friday, October 16th, Ling Hai sold 4,317 shares of Mastercard stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $620.00, for a total transaction of $2,676,540.00.

Mastercard Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of NYSE:MA traded down $10.97 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $647.13. 3,198,908 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,511,621. The stock has a market capitalization of $566.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.85, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 1.06. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12-month low of $464.52 and a 12-month high of $661.34. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $588.35 and its 200-day moving average price is $536.78.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The credit services provider reported $5.31 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.17 by $0.14. Mastercard had a net margin of 46.34% and a return on equity of 239.99%. The firm had revenue of $9.81 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.66 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $4.38 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 9th. Investors of record on Friday, October 9th will be given a $0.87 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is 18.20%.

Mastercard News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard and Tencent plan to expand their cross-border remittance relationship through Mastercard Move and explore agentic payments. A separate initiative would let international visitors in China pay at participating QR merchants using overseas wallets, potentially broadening Mastercard’s reach. Tencent and Mastercard explore agentic payments and remittances Mastercard links overseas wallets to China QR payments
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard’s Q3 2026 results beat estimates: revenue rose 14% year over year to $9.81 billion, and EPS of $5.31 topped consensus. Management cited broad growth in its payment network and value-added services, along with expansion in markets including India, China and Germany. Mastercard Q3 deep dive
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard disclosed a broad strategic partnership with OpenAI involving Agent Pay, payments and AI transformation—an opportunity to participate in emerging agentic commerce. Mastercard forms OpenAI and Tencent partnerships
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised price targets: UBS lifted its target to $750 with a Buy rating, while Cantor Fitzgerald raised its target to $765 and maintained Overweight. These revisions signal increased analyst confidence after the results. UBS raises Mastercard target Cantor Fitzgerald raises Mastercard target
• Positive Sentiment: An expanded relationship with a major Indian private bank could create more opportunities to serve small businesses and consumers. Mastercard scales in India
• Neutral Sentiment: The articles offer no clear company-specific explanation for why shares traded lower; the positive announcements may not have been enough to offset other market or trading pressures.

Institutional Trading of Mastercard

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA lifted its holdings in Mastercard by 24.8% in the third quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 1,552,222 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $856,402,000 after acquiring an additional 308,517 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Mastercard by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 40,397 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $22,278,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares during the period. W.G. Shaheen & Associates DBA Whitney & Co acquired a new position in shares of Mastercard during the 3rd quarter worth $260,000. Abacus Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Abacus Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,104 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $609,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Advisor Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 18.3% in the 3rd quarter. United Advisor Group LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,009,000 after purchasing an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on MA shares. Susquehanna raised their target price on shares of Mastercard from $665.00 to $740.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Mastercard from $597.00 to $710.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $665.00 price target on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Thursday, October 15th. Evercore increased their price target on shares of Mastercard from $550.00 to $620.00 in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $700.00 to $735.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Mastercard has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $702.91.

Mastercard Company Profile

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is a global payments technology company that operates a network connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses. The company facilitates electronic payments and provides technology that supports transactions conducted through credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payment products.

In addition to operating its payments network, Mastercard offers services in areas such as payment security, fraud prevention, authentication, cybersecurity, data and analytics, loyalty programs, digital identity and open banking.