Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Sold by Dakota Wealth Management

Dakota Wealth Management trimmed its position in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 7.8% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 12,067 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 1,025 shares during the period. Dakota Wealth Management’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $6,864,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. M. Kulyk & Associates LLC boosted its holdings in Mastercard by 3.4% in the third quarter. M. Kulyk & Associates LLC now owns 4,065 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,312,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the period. Portland Global Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Mastercard by 60.8% in the 3rd quarter. Portland Global Advisors LLC now owns 886 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $504,000 after buying an additional 335 shares during the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 19.8% in the 3rd quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 4,536 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $2,581,000 after buying an additional 750 shares during the period. Fortis Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Mastercard by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. Fortis Capital Management LLC now owns 13,171 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $7,492,000 after buying an additional 800 shares during the period. Finally, Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Mastercard by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 3,827 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $2,177,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the last quarter. 97.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strategic cybersecurity and SMB push via Cloudflare partnership — Mastercard and Cloudflare announced a strategic tie to build tools for small businesses and strengthen cybersecurity offerings, which could expand Mastercard’s B2B product set and drive new revenue streams. Cloudflare partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Partnership with Ericsson to extend digital money movement — Mastercard and Ericsson will integrate platforms to expand mobile financial services in emerging markets (MEA), supporting volume growth and financial‑inclusion use cases. This can strengthen Mastercard Move and cross‑border flows over time. Ericsson partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Open‑finance traction with banks — Mastercard’s open finance API is being used by Truist for its open banking platform, reducing risky credential‑sharing and positioning Mastercard for recurring API and tokenization revenue. This is a concrete commercial win that supports future growth. Truist open finance
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support — Erste Group forecasts increased earnings for Mastercard, providing analyst backing that may underpin investor confidence. Erste Group forecast
• Neutral Sentiment: Brand & inclusion initiatives — Programs teaching seniors to bank digitally and statements about being ready for India’s agentic commerce requirements are positive for brand and regulatory positioning but unlikely to move near‑term fundamentals materially. Senior digital banking program
• Negative Sentiment: Citrini Research “agentic commerce” scenario raises structural risk to interchange economics — A widely circulated thought experiment models AI agents optimizing transactions to avoid 2–3% interchange fees (via stablecoins/low‑fee rails), prompting a sector selloff and renewed investor scrutiny of card economics. That narrative is driving short‑term downside risk to MA as markets price the potential for lower margins if such rails scale. Citrini Research analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Immediate market reaction — The dystopian AI report triggered broad declines in payments and software stocks, signaling that sentiment risk can amplify price moves even before any regulatory or technical shift occurs. Market reaction

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Mastercard in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $685.00 price target on Mastercard in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore set a $610.00 price objective on Mastercard in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $656.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Dbs Bank upgraded Mastercard to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $669.27.

Mastercard Stock Up 0.4%

MA opened at $498.14 on Wednesday. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12 month low of $465.59 and a 12 month high of $601.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.36, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 1.03. The stock has a market cap of $444.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.83. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $548.26 and its 200 day moving average price is $560.64.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The credit services provider reported $4.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.24 by $0.52. Mastercard had a return on equity of 203.92% and a net margin of 45.65%.The company had revenue of $8.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.80 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.82 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 17.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts predict that Mastercard Incorporated will post 15.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Mastercard Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a $0.87 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $3.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.07%.

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.