Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Sold by State of Alaska Department of Revenue

State of Alaska Department of Revenue decreased its holdings in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 2.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 118,557 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 2,501 shares during the quarter. Mastercard comprises about 0.7% of State of Alaska Department of Revenue’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. State of Alaska Department of Revenue’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $67,435,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. LGT Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Mastercard during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mastercard during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Mastercard in the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Mastercard in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Robbins Farley lifted its position in Mastercard by 50.0% during the third quarter. Robbins Farley now owns 54 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. 97.28% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Mastercard Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of MA opened at $579.82 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $556.97 and its 200 day moving average price is $566.47. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12-month low of $465.59 and a 12-month high of $601.77. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40. The firm has a market cap of $520.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 0.86.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.31 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $8.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.53 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.28% and a return on equity of 202.03%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.89 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Mastercard Incorporated will post 15.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Mastercard Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be given a $0.87 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. This is a positive change from Mastercard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.76. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is presently 22.25%.

Trending Headlines about Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Non-payments businesses (data, fraud, tokenization, commerce services) are becoming a meaningful revenue growth story for Visa and Mastercard, offering diversification away from pure transaction fees and supporting longer‑term revenue durability. How nonpayments became big business at Visa and Mastercard
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is pushing commerce‑media and AI-driven buying initiatives (new ad/commerce products and agent-driven buying), which could create new, higher-margin revenue streams if adopted at scale. This supports growth expectations beyond interchange. Mastercard’s commerce media boss on what happens when AI agents do the buying
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analyst pieces (Zacks and other coverage) highlight Mastercard’s growth profile and quality metrics, which can support investor conviction and valuation multiple stability. Here’s Why MasterCard (MA) is a Strong Growth Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Apple Card issuer is moving to Chase — issuer change may affect card co‑branding dynamics but is unlikely to meaningfully change Mastercard’s global network economics in the near term; impact is uncertain. Apple Card moving to Chase as issuer, confirms Apple
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard licensed QNB to expand payment services in Syria — geographic expansion is a positive for reach but likely immaterial to near‑term EPS. Mastercard licenses QNB to expand payment services in Syria
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of a proposed settlement involving Visa and Mastercard that could change the checkout experience (potentially affecting interchange, routing or merchant fee dynamics) are creating regulatory/legal risk and investor concern about future fee revenue. This is a direct potential headwind to core transaction-based profits. Proposed Visa, Mastercard settlement could change checkout experience for shoppers
• Negative Sentiment: Monness Crespi reiterated a Hold and set a $525 price target on MA (below recent trading levels), which can exert short‑term downward pressure by signaling limited near‑term upside to some investors. Why is Mastercard Incorporated (MA) One of the Best Major Stocks to Invest in Right Now?

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on MA shares. Tigress Financial upped their target price on Mastercard from $685.00 to $730.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Macquarie boosted their price target on shares of Mastercard from $655.00 to $660.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Morgan Stanley set a $665.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Mastercard from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $657.48.

Mastercard Company 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.