Americana Partners LLC Sells 1,448 Shares of Mastercard Incorporated $MA

Americana Partners LLC reduced its position in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 8.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 15,675 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 1,448 shares during the period. Americana Partners LLC’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $8,644,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Mastercard by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 36,964,305 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $18,984,867,000 after purchasing an additional 486,283 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its holdings in Mastercard by 10.4% during the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 5,123,041 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,559,779,000 after buying an additional 480,725 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Mastercard by 1.0% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,225,359 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,111,216,000 after buying an additional 42,871 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Mastercard by 17.8% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,666,018 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,831,763,000 after buying an additional 554,366 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its position in Mastercard by 5.8% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 3,626,416 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,862,527,000 after buying an additional 199,424 shares during the last quarter. 97.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Sachin Mehra sold 3,266 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $584.00, for a total value of $1,907,344.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 36,650 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,403,600. This trade represents a 8.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Julius Genachowski sold 370 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $590.21, for a total transaction of $218,377.70. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 8,237 shares in the company, valued at $4,861,559.77. This trade represents a 4.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 56,048 shares of company stock valued at $32,527,203 in the last 90 days. 0.09% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Mastercard Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSE:MA opened at $638.50 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $559.33 billion, a PE ratio of 33.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.76. Mastercard Incorporated has a 1 year low of $464.52 and a 1 year high of $644.24. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $586.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $536.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.29.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The credit services provider reported $5.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.17 by $0.14. Mastercard had a return on equity of 260.86% and a net margin of 46.73%. The business 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 business earned $4.38 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on MA. Daiwa Securities Group upped their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $580.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Rothschild & Co Redburn cut their price target on shares of Mastercard from $710.00 to $688.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 2nd. Argus upped their price target on shares of Mastercard from $640.00 to $694.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $722.00 to $735.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $633.00 to $674.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $698.36.

Key Stories Impacting Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 results exceeded expectations: Mastercard reported adjusted earnings of $5.31 per share versus the $5.17 consensus, while revenue rose 14% year over year to $9.81 billion, ahead of the $9.66 billion estimate. Net income increased 18% to approximately $4.6 billion. Reuters earnings article
• Positive Sentiment: Payment activity and services remained strong: Purchase volume rose 9%, cross-border volume increased 11%, and switched transactions grew 9% on a local-currency basis. Value-added services revenue advanced 19%, supported by fraud prevention, data and marketing offerings, while the adjusted operating margin reached 60.5%.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment improved materially: TD Cowen, Wells Fargo, RBC, Barclays, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and Susquehanna all raised their price targets, with targets ranging from $700 to $750 and ratings including “buy,” “overweight” and “outperform.” Analysts also highlighted Mastercard’s potential in AI commerce, tokenized payments and stablecoins. Zacks earnings call article
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard continues expanding its payments ecosystem through partnerships involving Google Pay, pay-by-bank services, co-branded cards and agentic commerce. These initiatives could support long-term transaction growth, although their near-term financial contribution is uncertain.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors face legal and financial risks. A proposed £5 billion UK collective lawsuit alleges Mastercard’s interchange fees harmed merchants. Separately, nine-month operating cash flow declined 6%, while buybacks and dividends exceeded operating cash flow and debt increased by roughly $4.9 billion. UK lawsuit article

Mastercard 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.