Fulcrum Asset Management LLP Trims Stock Holdings in Mastercard Incorporated $MA

Fulcrum Asset Management LLP reduced its stake in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 89.2% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,416 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 11,724 shares during the period. Fulcrum Asset Management LLP’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $808,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Zullo Investment Group Inc. raised its holdings in Mastercard by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Zullo Investment Group Inc. now owns 1,091 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $621,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. raised its holdings in Mastercard by 20.0% in the 2nd quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. now owns 108 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Mastercard by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 328 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $187,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. raised its holdings in Mastercard by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 1,167 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $664,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. Finally, Matisse Capital raised its holdings in Mastercard by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Matisse Capital now owns 1,348 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $767,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. 97.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on MA. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $611.00 to $590.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 24th. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $670.00 to $665.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 1st. Compass Point raised Mastercard from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $620.00 to $735.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Loop Capital assumed coverage on Mastercard in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. They issued a “buy” rating and a $631.00 target price for the company. Finally, Tigress Financial lifted their target price on Mastercard from $730.00 to $735.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mastercard presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $657.07.

Mastercard Stock Performance

NYSE MA opened at $500.98 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $446.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.56, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $506.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $534.56. Mastercard Incorporated has a 1-year low of $480.50 and a 1-year high of $601.77.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last released 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 company had revenue of $8.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.26 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 212.96% and a net margin of 45.88%.Mastercard’s revenue was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.73 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.58 EPS for the current year.

Mastercard Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.87 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Mastercard’s payout ratio is currently 20.14%.

More Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Launched a regional SME resilience program to help small businesses improve payments resilience and access — supports payment volume growth and client retention. Mastercard launches regional SME resilience program
• Positive Sentiment: Moves deeper into stablecoins and crypto rails (partnerships with BVNK and Yellow Card) to enable stablecoin payments in EEMEA — potential new revenue streams and product differentiation. Here’s Why Mastercard Is Betting Big on BVNK — and Stablecoin
• Positive Sentiment: Partnership enabling stablecoin payments in EEMEA (Yellow Card) highlighted by market coverage — incremental payment volume opportunities in high-growth regions. Mastercard (MA) Stock Gains as Yellow Card Partnership Brings Stablecoin Payments to EEMEA
• Positive Sentiment: Participated in a pilot to settle a tokenized U.S. Treasury redemption across borders with JPMorgan, Ripple and Ondo — signals progress on real‑time, institutional settlement rails that could lower costs and open product lines. Ripple, JPMorgan & Mastercard Pull Off First Tokenized Treasury Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Pushing virtual cards beyond payables to expand B2B product penetration — strategy helps capture higher‑value commercial payments. Mastercard Pushes Virtual Cards Beyond Payables
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlighting a resilient dividend profile and strong cash flow supports investor sentiment on capital returns. Here’s Why Mastercard’s Dividend Payout Looks Bulletproof
• Neutral Sentiment: Preparing to re‑enter Syria after 15 years — potential revenue in a new/returning market but geopolitical and compliance risks make the near‑term impact uncertain. Mastercard prepares to launch services in Syria after 15 years
• Neutral Sentiment: Susquehanna and other research notes maintained positive/Outperform stances but trimmed price targets after Q1; analysts cite strong start to the year with some April slowdown (cross‑border travel deceleration). Susquehanna Maintains Positive Rating on Mastercard (MA)
• Neutral Sentiment: Crypto network activity (XRP new addresses) fell sharply — industry context but only indirectly relevant to Mastercard’s crypto initiatives. XRP new addresses sink to 18-month low
• Negative Sentiment: U.K. competition authorities opened an investigation into PayPal, Visa and Mastercard over suspected anti‑competitive conduct related to digital wallet funding/usage — regulatory risk that could lead to fines, business restrictions or remediation costs. PayPal, Visa and Mastercard Face UK Competition Investigation
• Negative Sentiment: Macquarie cut its price target on MA (reflecting near‑term growth and travel cadence concerns), which can weigh on sentiment despite maintained conviction. Here’s Why Macquarie Lowered PT on MasterCard (MA)

About Mastercard

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.