Capital Investment Advisors LLC Buys 868 Shares of Mastercard Incorporated $MA

Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 6.0% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 15,435 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 868 shares during the quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $8,780,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in MA. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Mastercard by 42.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 6,824 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $3,594,000 after purchasing an additional 2,028 shares during the last quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd lifted its stake in Mastercard by 107.3% in the 1st quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd now owns 481 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $264,000 after purchasing an additional 249 shares during the last quarter. Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Mastercard during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in Mastercard by 10.9% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 9,720 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $5,328,000 after buying an additional 954 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BOS Asset Management LLC increased its position in Mastercard by 1.7% during the first quarter. BOS Asset Management LLC now owns 1,476 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $809,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on MA. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Mastercard from $669.00 to $660.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Macquarie raised their price target on Mastercard from $655.00 to $660.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Compass Point set a $620.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $713.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Mastercard from $645.00 to $654.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $657.48.

Mastercard Stock Down 0.0%

MA stock opened at $579.82 on Friday. Mastercard Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $465.59 and a fifty-two week high of $601.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $520.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.07, a PEG ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 0.86. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $556.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $566.47.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.31 by $0.07. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.28% and a return on equity of 202.03%. The business had revenue of $8.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.53 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.89 earnings per share. Mastercard’s revenue was up 16.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Mastercard Incorporated will post 15.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Mastercard Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be given a dividend of $0.87 per share. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 9th. This is a boost from Mastercard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.76. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.44%.

Mastercard News Roundup

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

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.