Fox Run Management L.L.C. Buys Shares of 1,502 Mastercard Incorporated $MA

Fox Run Management L.L.C. bought a new stake in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 1,502 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $857,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. lifted its stake in Mastercard by 20.0% in the 2nd quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. now owns 108 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $61,000 after acquiring an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Tacita Capital Inc lifted its stake in Mastercard by 50.0% in the 3rd quarter. Tacita Capital Inc now owns 57 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Mastercard by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,939 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,678,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Abacus Planning Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Mastercard by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Abacus Planning Group Inc. now owns 590 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $337,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thomasville National Bank increased its position in shares of Mastercard by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Thomasville National Bank now owns 479 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $273,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard launched a service that lets AI agents complete payments with each other, positioning the company to benefit from emerging “agentic commerce” and new transaction volume if AI-driven shopping takes off. Mastercard Enables AI Agents to Pay Each Other
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard partnered on Mi Clip in Mexico, expanding digital payments infrastructure and supporting adoption among consumers and merchants in a growing market. Can Mastercard Benefit From the Launch of Mi Clip Wallet?
• Positive Sentiment: Clip’s launch of the Mi Clip digital wallet ecosystem, supported by Mastercard, underscores continued growth opportunities in digital payments and financial inclusion. Clip Launches Mi Clip, a Digital Wallet Ecosystem, by Partnering with Ant International, Mastercard and Televisa-Univision
• Positive Sentiment: A new Mastercard-related payment initiative in cross-border banking suggests the company remains active in expanding its network utility and enterprise payment offerings. Backbase Taps Mastercard to Simplify Cross-Border Payments for Banks
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard appeared in conference/transcript coverage and broader commentary about its operations and strategy, but these items do not add a major new catalyst by themselves. Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Presents at RBC Capital Markets Global Financial Technology Conference 2026 Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval to Mastercard’s $38 billion swipe-fee settlement with merchants, which removes legal uncertainty but also highlights the scale of the long-running fee dispute and potential cost burden. US judge OKs Visa, Mastercard $38 billion swipe fee settlement
• Negative Sentiment: The House passed the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act, which could increase scrutiny and compliance requirements around government payment processing and indirectly affect Mastercard’s public-sector payment partnerships. Congress Vote: The House has passed H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Tigress Financial boosted their price target on Mastercard from $730.00 to $735.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Bank of America assumed coverage on Mastercard in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $700.00 price target on the stock. BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on Mastercard in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $605.00 price target on the stock. Susquehanna lowered their price target on Mastercard from $670.00 to $665.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised Mastercard from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $600.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $656.04.

Mastercard Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MA opened at $489.19 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.56, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $499.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $524.20. Mastercard Incorporated has a one year low of $464.52 and a one year high of $601.77. The firm has a market cap of $432.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.74.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.41 by $0.19. Mastercard had a return on equity of 212.96% and a net margin of 45.88%.The firm had revenue of $8.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.26 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.73 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.6 EPS for the current year.

Mastercard 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.