821 Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Acquired by Profund Advisors LLC

Profund Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 11.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 7,931 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after buying an additional 821 shares during the period. Profund Advisors LLC’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $4,374,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vise Technologies Inc. grew its stake in Mastercard by 28.6% during the third quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 52,028 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $28,692,000 after buying an additional 11,583 shares in the last quarter. Grandfield & Dodd LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Grandfield & Dodd LLC now owns 9,053 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $4,992,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Investment Partners LTD. acquired a new position in shares of Mastercard in the third quarter valued at approximately $246,000. Cidel Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Mastercard by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter. Cidel Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,546 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,404,000 after acquiring an additional 147 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Summit Global Investments increased its position in Mastercard by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 9,890 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $5,454,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Mastercard News Roundup

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

MA has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Clear Str upgraded Mastercard to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Daiwa Securities Group upped their target price on shares of Mastercard from $580.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $668.00 to $731.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. 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. Finally, Argus upped their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $640.00 to $694.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $698.36.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Mastercard news, CEO Michael Miebach sold 16,628 shares of Mastercard stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $580.00, for a total transaction of $9,644,240.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 109,065 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,257,700. The trade was a 13.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed 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 dated Wednesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $577.13, for a total value of $4,296,155.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 40,916 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,613,851.08. The trade was a 15.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 56,048 shares of company stock valued at $32,527,203 over the last quarter. Insiders own 0.09% of the company’s stock.

Mastercard Price Performance

MA stock opened at $638.50 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.29, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.06. Mastercard Incorporated has a one year low of $464.52 and a one year high of $644.24. The stock has a market cap of $559.33 billion, a PE ratio of 33.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 0.76. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $586.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $536.21.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The credit services provider reported $5.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.17 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $9.81 billion for 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $4.38 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Announces Dividend

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

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.