1,375 Mastercard Incorporated $MA Shares Sold by Larry Mathis Financial Planning LLC

Larry Mathis Financial Planning LLC lessened its holdings in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 78.4% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 378 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 1,375 shares during the quarter. Larry Mathis Financial Planning LLC’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $208,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Robinswood Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Mastercard in the first quarter valued at approximately $25,000. First Pacific Financial grew its holdings in Mastercard by 113.8% during the first quarter. First Pacific Financial now owns 62 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 33 shares in the last quarter. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Mastercard during the second quarter worth $34,000. Premier Financial Group bought a new stake in Mastercard during the second quarter worth $39,000. Finally, Roxbury Financial LLC raised its position in Mastercard by 102.6% in the 2nd quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC now owns 79 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Mastercard

In related news, CFO Ling Hai sold 4,317 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $620.00, for a total transaction of $2,676,540.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 35,750 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,165,000. This represents a 10.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Linda Kirkpatrick sold 4,280 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $570.31, for a total transaction of $2,440,926.80. Following the sale, the insider owned 31,179 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,781,695.49. This trade represents a 12.07% decrease in their position. 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. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 72,676 shares of company stock worth $41,966,586. 0.09% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard partnered with Tech Mahindra to embed virtual cards and payment capabilities into ERP and procurement platforms. The initiative could expand Mastercard’s business-to-business payments volume, improve spend controls and support value-added-services revenue. Tech Mahindra and Mastercard partnership
• Positive Sentiment: The company is expanding its First-Party Trust program across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to reduce “friendly fraud” and payment disputes. Broader fraud-prevention and chargeback tools may strengthen merchant relationships and create additional services revenue. Mastercard EMEA fraud program
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard launched a creator-focused card initiative with MrBeast’s Beast Industries, potentially supporting new co-branded card programs, consumer engagement and creator-economy payment products. Mastercard creator card project
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is being positioned to benefit from long-term digital-payments growth, AI-agent commerce, tokenization and expanded payment-security applications. A financing platform with FCMB could also broaden financial access for Nigerian farmers. Mastercard and AI-agent commerce
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts expect Visa and Mastercard to meet or beat quarterly estimates, with investors focused on payment volume, cross-border growth, value-added services and management’s outlook. The positive expectations raise the bar for MA’s October 29 report. Visa and Mastercard earnings outlook
• Negative Sentiment: With Mastercard trading at roughly 34 times earnings and near its annual high, investors may be locking in gains or reducing exposure before earnings. Any disappointment in key metrics or guidance could pressure the stock despite favorable long-term fundamentals. Mastercard third-quarter earnings risks

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on MA. Evercore raised their price objective on Mastercard from $550.00 to $620.00 in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Rothschild & Co Redburn reduced their target price on shares of Mastercard from $710.00 to $688.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 2nd. Clear Str upgraded shares of Mastercard to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Mastercard from $660.00 to $710.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 9th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Mastercard from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Mastercard has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $683.94.

Mastercard Stock Performance

MA stock opened at $614.38 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96. The firm has a market cap of $538.21 billion, a PE ratio of 33.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 0.76. The business has a 50 day moving average of $581.69 and a 200-day moving average of $535.08. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12-month low of $464.52 and a 12-month high of $633.29.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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 business had revenue of $9.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.08 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.15 earnings per share. Mastercard’s quarterly revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be given a dividend of $0.87 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $3.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.14%.

About Mastercard

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.