Mastercard Incorporated $MA Stake Trimmed by Dock Street Asset Management Inc.

Dock Street Asset Management Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 1.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 76,480 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 982 shares during the period. Mastercard comprises 3.8% of Dock Street Asset Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Dock Street Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $43,502,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of MA. Pinion Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Mastercard by 0.8% during the second quarter. Pinion Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,272 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,276,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares during the period. KRS Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Mastercard by 0.6% in the second quarter. KRS Capital Management LLC now owns 2,848 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,601,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Nvest Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Mastercard by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Nvest Financial LLC now owns 1,505 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $846,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Mastercard by 5.6% during the 2nd quarter. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. now owns 339 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $191,000 after acquiring an additional 18 shares during the period. Finally, Rialto Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Mastercard by 13.0% during the 2nd quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC now owns 156 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $88,000 after acquiring an additional 18 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MA has been the topic of a number of research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Mastercard from $645.00 to $654.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $713.00 price target on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Evercore ISI set a $610.00 price target on shares of Mastercard in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Mastercard from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Mastercard from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, December 14th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $657.48.

Mastercard Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MA opened at $579.82 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $556.97 and a 200 day moving average of $566.47. 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 stock has a market cap of $520.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 0.86. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12 month low of $465.59 and a 12 month high of $601.77.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.31 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $8.60 billion for 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.89 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Mastercard Incorporated will post 15.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 9th. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.87 per share. This is a positive change from Mastercard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.76. This represents a $3.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is 19.44%.

Key Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Non-payments revenue is becoming a larger, higher-margin part of Mastercard’s business (fraud/fraud prevention, data, tokenization, B2B services), which helps offset interchange pressure and supports longer-term earnings growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard is scaling commerce media and exploring AI-driven buying agents — a potential new ad/commerce revenue stream that could lift growth and diversify revenue beyond payments. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Regional expansion: Mastercard licensed QNB to expand payment services in Syria — incremental market expansion that supports volume growth over time (small near-term impact but positive strategically). Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Broker/analyst commentary and Zacks style scores highlight MA as a strong growth name — favorable analyst narratives can support sentiment and buying interest. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces comparing Mastercard with peers (e.g., Nayax) and yearly industry predictions provide context but are unlikely to move the stock materially on their own. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Apple Card issuer change to Chase was announced — the immediate impact on Mastercard is unclear (depends on whether network routing or scheme switches), so this is a watch item rather than a clear positive/negative. Article Title Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: A proposed settlement in litigation involving Visa and Mastercard could lead to changes in checkout flows, merchant routing and fee structures — outcomes that may reduce interchange revenue or force business-model adjustments, posing regulatory/earnings risk. Article Title

About Mastercard

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.