1,900 Shares in Mastercard Incorporated $MA Bought by Indivisible Partners

Indivisible Partners bought a new position in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 1,900 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,085,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. raised its stake in Mastercard by 20.0% during the second quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. now owns 108 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $61,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Zullo Investment Group Inc. raised its stake in Mastercard by 1.7% during the third quarter. Zullo Investment Group Inc. now owns 1,091 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $621,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Mastercard by 6.1% during the third quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 328 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $187,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. raised its stake in Mastercard by 1.7% during the third quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 1,167 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $664,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Matisse Capital raised its stake in Mastercard by 1.4% during the third quarter. Matisse Capital now owns 1,348 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $767,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on shares of Mastercard from $656.00 to $629.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $605.00 price target on the stock. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Mastercard from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $739.00 target price on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $657.07.

Trending Headlines about Mastercard

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

Mastercard Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of MA opened at $491.66 on Thursday. Mastercard Incorporated has a twelve month low of $480.50 and a twelve month high of $601.77. The company has a market cap of $438.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.45, a P/E/G ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.56. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $506.09 and its 200-day simple moving average is $534.98.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.41 by $0.19. The business had revenue of $8.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.88% and a return on equity of 212.96%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.73 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.58 EPS for the current year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

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