Mastercard Incorporated $MA Stock Holdings Raised by Rakuten Investment Management Inc.

Rakuten Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 9.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 145,308 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,648 shares during the quarter. Rakuten Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $81,893,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL lifted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 5.4% in the first quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 28,205 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $14,093,000 after buying an additional 1,434 shares during the period. Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Mastercard by 2.2% during the second quarter. Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC now owns 141,828 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $72,843,000 after acquiring an additional 3,006 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in Mastercard by 5.3% in the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,656,528 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $850,004,000 after acquiring an additional 82,793 shares in the last quarter. SteelPeak Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Mastercard by 50.1% in the 1st quarter. SteelPeak Wealth LLC now owns 14,003 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $6,996,000 after acquiring an additional 4,675 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rockland Trust Co. raised its holdings in Mastercard by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Rockland Trust Co. now owns 81,392 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $44,885,000 after acquiring an additional 4,751 shares in the last quarter. 97.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard reported third-quarter revenue of $9.81 billion, up 14% year over year, and earnings per share of $5.31, exceeding analyst expectations. Management cited broad growth across its payments network and value-added services. Q3 results and growth drivers
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is expanding its agentic-commerce and cross-border payments efforts through partnerships with OpenAI and Tencent, including plans to deepen remittance ties and enable overseas wallets to pay at participating QR merchants in China. These initiatives could broaden payment volume and acceptance over time. OpenAI and Tencent partnerships Tencent payment and remittance plans
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their price targets after the earnings report, including UBS to $750 and Cantor Fitzgerald to $765, reflecting confidence in Mastercard’s growth outlook. Cantor Fitzgerald target increase
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard introduced free cybersecurity lessons for European small and midsize businesses. The program may strengthen customer relationships and resilience, though its direct financial impact is unclear. Cybersecurity lessons for SMEs
• Negative Sentiment: CFO Ling Hai sold roughly 8,635 shares across two transactions, reducing his stake by about 10.8%. The sales were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which can temper concerns that they reflect a fresh view on the company. SEC filing on CFO share sales

Mastercard Stock Performance

NYSE MA opened at $647.13 on Wednesday. Mastercard Incorporated has a twelve month low of $464.52 and a twelve month high of $661.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.29. The stock has a market cap of $566.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.85, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 0.78. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $589.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $537.28.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The credit services provider reported $5.31 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.17 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $9.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.66 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 46.73% and a return on equity of 260.86%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.38 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be issued 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 presently 18.20%.

Insider Transactions at Mastercard

In other Mastercard news, CFO Ling Hai sold 4,318 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $642.43, for a total value of $2,774,012.74. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 35,750 shares in the company, valued at $22,966,872.50. This represents a 10.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Sachin Mehra sold 7,444 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $577.13, for a total value of $4,296,155.72. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 40,916 shares in the company, valued at $23,613,851.08. This trade represents a 15.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 25,403 shares of company stock valued at $15,428,736. Corporate insiders own 0.09% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have commented on MA shares. Evercore raised their price objective on Mastercard from $550.00 to $620.00 in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Dbs Bank upgraded Mastercard to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Mizuho set a $711.00 target price on Mastercard in a research note on Friday. UBS Group raised their target price on Mastercard from $670.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Mastercard from $679.00 to $681.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Mastercard currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $702.91.

About Mastercard

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.