Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Purchased by Ethic Inc.

Ethic Inc. boosted its position in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 3.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 89,316 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after buying an additional 3,089 shares during the period. Mastercard makes up about 0.8% of Ethic Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Ethic Inc.’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $50,989,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of MA. Vulcan Value Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Mastercard by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. Vulcan Value Partners LLC now owns 466,222 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $265,233,000 after buying an additional 28,331 shares in the last quarter. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC increased its holdings in Mastercard by 153.6% during the 3rd quarter. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 2,856 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,625,000 after acquiring an additional 1,730 shares in the last quarter. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. purchased a new position in Mastercard during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,113,000. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. raised its position in Mastercard by 1.5% during the third quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. now owns 309,192 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $175,872,000 after acquiring an additional 4,700 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 229,299 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $130,902,000 after purchasing an additional 9,795 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Mastercard Stock Performance

Shares of MA stock opened at $495.39 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.56, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $441.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 0.76. Mastercard Incorporated has a one year low of $480.50 and a one year high of $601.77. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $506.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $534.56.

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

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.87 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.14%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on MA. Raymond James Financial set a $609.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded Mastercard to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on Mastercard in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $605.00 price target for the company. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Mastercard from $685.00 to $655.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mastercard currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $657.07.

More Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard launched a regional SME resilience program in the Middle East and North Africa to help small businesses navigate conflict-related trade disruptions, rising energy costs, and logistics strain, which could expand Mastercard’s role in business payments across the region. Mastercard Rallies Partners to Support MENA Small Businesses
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard and Yellow Card are piloting stablecoin payment use cases in EEMEA, adding to the company’s push into digital asset and next-generation payment infrastructure. Mastercard, Yellow Card to pilot stablecoin payment use cases in EEMEA
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts at Erste Group Bank raised FY2026 and FY2027 earnings estimates for Mastercard, reinforcing expectations for continued earnings growth.
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is being tied to multiple tokenized treasury and stablecoin initiatives with partners like JPMorgan, Ripple, and Ondo, which highlights its growing presence in blockchain-based payments and settlement. Ondo, JPMorgan, Mastercard & Ripple complete cross-border Treasury redemption
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles note that Mastercard is a trending stock and worth watching, but they do not add new fundamentals or catalysts on their own. Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard is preparing to launch services in Syria after a 15-year hiatus, a potentially incremental market expansion but not an immediate earnings driver. Mastercard prepares to launch services in Syria after 15 years
• Negative Sentiment: Macquarie lowered its price target on Mastercard, and Susquehanna also trimmed its target while noting slower April cross-border travel growth, signaling some caution around near-term volume trends. Here’s Why Macquarie Lowered PT on MasterCard (MA)
• Negative Sentiment: UK regulators are probing Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal over suspected anti-competitive conduct, which could increase legal and compliance risk for the payments industry. UK probes Mastercard, Visa, PayPal over suspected anti-competitive conduct

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.