Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Sold by Cambiar Investors LLC

Cambiar Investors LLC cut its stake in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 9.1% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 61,636 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 6,206 shares during the period. Mastercard accounts for about 1.6% of Cambiar Investors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding. Cambiar Investors LLC’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $35,059,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Mastercard by 55,868.1% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,421,148 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $7,541,880,000 after purchasing an additional 13,397,168 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Mastercard during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $6,725,317,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in shares of Mastercard by 25.6% during the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,372,404 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $3,580,909,000 after buying an additional 1,299,977 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Mastercard by 1.2% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,475,807 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $44,098,695,000 after acquiring an additional 931,132 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Mastercard by 2.8% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 19,760,552 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $11,062,509,000 after acquiring an additional 542,841 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard announced an AI-powered shopping change rolling out for Commonwealth Bank and Westpac customers in Australia — a first-of-its-kind feature that could boost merchant conversion and consumer engagement in a major market. Mastercard unveils major AI shopping change
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is trialing agent-led payments powered by Australian LLM Maincode, signaling product innovation that could expand service offerings and drive transactional revenue. Aussie LLM Maincode powers Mastercard’s agent-led payments trial
• Positive Sentiment: The company is broadening startup outreach to “agentic” AI firms, which may accelerate partnerships and new product pipelines in advanced AI-driven payments and services. Mastercard expands startup outreach to agentic AI firms
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage is active ahead of Q4 — research roundups and previews highlight expectations for double-digit revenue and EPS growth but caution on stretched valuation. Top Research Reports for Broadcom, Oracle & Mastercard
• Neutral Sentiment: Various analyst notes and education pieces reiterate Mastercard’s long-term growth case while flagging valuation and near-term results as key catalysts to monitor. Is Mastercard Stock a Smart Bet Ahead of Q4 Earnings?
• Negative Sentiment: ZeroHash reportedly walked away from multi-billion-dollar acquisition talks with Mastercard to remain independent, removing a potential strategic bolt-on and drawing attention to deal execution risks. ZeroHash walks away from Mastercard talks
• Negative Sentiment: Some headlines and TV commentary (including Jim Cramer) referencing regulatory/PR issues like a “Trump credit card cap” and a modest analyst price‑target trim (Truist lowered its target while keeping a Buy) are contributing to near-term sentiment headwinds. Jim Cramer Discusses Mastercard & Trump Credit Card Cap

Mastercard Trading Down 1.4%

NYSE MA opened at $519.86 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12. The firm has a market cap of $466.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.24, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.86. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $554.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $564.88. Mastercard Incorporated has a one year low of $465.59 and a one year high of $601.77.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.31 by $0.07. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.28% and a return on equity of 202.03%. The company had revenue of $8.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.53 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.89 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Mastercard Incorporated will post 15.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 9th. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th will be issued a $0.87 dividend. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from Mastercard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.76. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 9th. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 22.25%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on MA shares. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on Mastercard from $645.00 to $654.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Mastercard from $669.00 to $660.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Mastercard from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, December 14th. Tigress Financial boosted their price target on shares of Mastercard from $685.00 to $730.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Mastercard currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $660.81.

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.