Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Bought by One Wealth Capital Management LLC

One Wealth Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 134.7% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,441 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 827 shares during the quarter. One Wealth Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $795,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Robinswood Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Mastercard during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. First Pacific Financial lifted its stake in Mastercard by 113.8% during the first quarter. First Pacific Financial now owns 62 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 33 shares in the last quarter. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Mastercard during the second quarter valued at about $34,000. Premier Financial Group purchased a new stake in Mastercard during the second quarter valued at about $39,000. Finally, Roxbury Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 102.6% in the second quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC now owns 79 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the period. 97.28% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is expanding its growth opportunity in business-to-business payments through an “agentic AI” strategy targeting the roughly $80 trillion B2B market. The initiative could support long-term transaction volume and value-added-services growth. Inside Mastercard’s Agentic AI Strategy For The $80 Trillion B2B Payments Market
• Positive Sentiment: UBS said payment tokenization could contribute a low-single-digit percentage to Mastercard’s medium-term revenue growth, while producing a low-to-mid-single-digit contribution to value-added-services growth. This reinforces the investment case for Mastercard’s security and digital-payments businesses. Visa and Mastercard tokenization fees could support revenue growth
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard launched a Stablecoin Security API that provides real-time risk scoring for fiat-to-stablecoin transactions. The platform could create additional enterprise revenue while positioning Mastercard as an intermediary in regulated digital-asset payments. Mastercard Introduced A Stablecoin Security API
• Positive Sentiment: New initiatives—including an AI assistant for cardholders, expanded fraud protection through First-Party Trust, and partnerships for contactless transit and premium co-branded cards—could improve customer engagement, fraud-related services, and payment volumes across international markets. Mastercard unveils AI assistant to help cardholders use benefits
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard is scheduled to report earnings next week. Analysts expect earnings growth and are highlighting the potential for a beat, but investors may remain cautious until management provides updated guidance on consumer spending, cross-border volumes, and operating expenses. MasterCard Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
• Negative Sentiment: Payment-network stocks, including Mastercard, Visa, and American Express, have been slipping as investors reacted skeptically to American Express’s quarterly results despite a profit outlook improvement. The sector-wide move appears to be weighing on Mastercard independently of its company-specific announcements. American Express Falls Despite Q3 Beat; Visa and Mastercard Slip

Mastercard Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of Mastercard stock opened at $622.87 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $581.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $539.49. The company has a market cap of $545.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96. Mastercard Incorporated has a 1 year low of $464.52 and a 1 year high of $633.29.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The credit services provider reported $5.04 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.77 by $0.27. Mastercard had a return on equity of 239.99% and a net margin of 46.34%. The firm had revenue of $9.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.08 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.15 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be given a $0.87 dividend. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is 19.14%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Sachin Mehra sold 3,266 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $584.00, for a total transaction of $1,907,344.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 36,650 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,403,600. This trade represents a 8.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Julius Genachowski sold 370 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $590.21, for a total transaction of $218,377.70. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 8,237 shares in the company, valued at $4,861,559.77. The trade was a 4.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 72,676 shares of company stock valued at $41,966,586 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.09% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Clear Str raised shares of Mastercard to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $665.00 price target on shares of Mastercard in a report on Thursday, October 15th. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price target on shares of Mastercard from $680.00 to $713.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $640.00 to $660.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of Mastercard from $597.00 to $710.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $683.94.

Mastercard Company Profile

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.