Mastercard
About: Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to $10 trillion in volume during 2024. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
Employees: 35,300
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 7 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
103% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 195 | Existing positions closed: 96
12% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 326 [Q4 2024] → 366 (+40) [Q1 2025]
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $424B [Q4 2024] → $430B (+$6.52B) [Q1 2025]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3,379 [Q4 2024] → 3,394 (+15) [Q1 2025]
4% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,318 | Existing positions reduced: 1,371
1.13% less ownership
Funds ownership: 87.95% [Q4 2024] → 86.82% (-1.13%) [Q1 2025]
19% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.43B | Put options by funds: $2.99B
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$550
2%
downside
Avg. target
$630
12%
upside
High target
$670
19%
upside
7 analyst ratings
6 positive
86%
1 neutral
14%
0 negative
0%
UBS Timothy Chiodo | 19%upside $670 | Buy Maintained | 3 Jun 2025 |
Truist Securities Matthew Coad | 14%upside $640 | Buy Initiated | 2 Jun 2025 |
Jefferies Trevor Williams | 17%upside $655 | Buy Maintained | 27 May 2025 |
Citigroup Andrew Schmidt | 16%upside $652 | Buy Maintained | 5 May 2025 |
Keybanc Jeffrey Hammond | 13%upside $635 | Overweight Maintained | 2 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 37 articles about MA published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Why MasterCard (MA) Dipped More Than Broader Market Today
The latest trading day saw MasterCard (MA) settling at $562.03, representing a -4.62% change from its previous close.
Negative
Market Watch
1 day ago
Visa and Mastercard shares slide on stablecoin fears — but is the selloff too harsh?
Walmart and other retailers reportedly are exploring stablecoin ventures, but some analysts are doubtful these will take off with shoppers.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 days ago
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to MasterCard (MA). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
4 days ago
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Presents at RBC 2025 Financial Technology Conference Transcript
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA ) RBC 2025 Financial Technology Conference June 10, 2025 12:10 PM ET Company Participants Craig E. Vosburg - Chief Services Officer Conference Call Participants Daniel Rock Perlin - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Daniel Rock Perlin And it starts like that.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
4 days ago
The Highest-Quality Dividend Contenders By Quality Scores
The article presents the highest-quality Dividend Contenders, companies listed on U.S. exchanges with higher annual dividend payouts for 10-24 consecutive years. I use a quality scoring system with six quality indicators, each worth five points, for a maximum score of 30. The highest-quality Dividend Contenders score four or five points for each quality indicator.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
5 days ago
Mastercard: Remains A Buy Due To Its Dominant Duopoly Position
Mastercard remains a buy due to its dominant duopoly position, high margins, and consistent compounding returns above the S&P 500. The company's network scale creates a formidable moat, making new competition nearly impossible and ensuring long-term client loyalty. Value-added services, especially in security and analytics, are driving faster growth and deepening Mastercard's client relationships.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
5 days ago
Mastercard's Global Transactions Roaring: Can It Sustain the Growth?
MA rides on strong global spending and 15% cross-border volume growth, but rising costs may test its momentum.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
5 Relatively Secure And Cheap Dividend Stocks, Yields Up To 10% (June 2025)
This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields slightly over 4%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 9%.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
2 Names Delivering Strong Dividend Growth For Passive Long-Term Investors
Income-focused investors can tend to focus primarily on those that come with relatively higher yields at the time. However, income investors focusing on a portion of their portfolio that contains reliable dividend growers can help to grow their cash flow over time passively. We are looking at two names today that have delivered remarkable dividend growth and are expected to be in a position to continue to do so going forward.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
MasterCard (MA) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know
In the latest trading session, MasterCard (MA) closed at $585.44, marking a +0.22% move from the previous day.
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