OMC Financial Services LTD Lowers Holdings in Mastercard Incorporated $MA

OMC Financial Services LTD reduced its holdings in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 4.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 32,922 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 1,487 shares during the quarter. Mastercard comprises 6.4% of OMC Financial Services LTD’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. OMC Financial Services LTD’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $16,450,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Arbor Capital Management Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of Mastercard by 6.3% during the 1st quarter. Arbor Capital Management Inc. ADV now owns 2,313 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,173,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the period. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Mastercard by 8.9% in the 1st quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 457,236 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $228,463,000 after purchasing an additional 37,465 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Mastercard by 1,250.0% in the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 162 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $81,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. Range Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Mastercard by 18.8% during the 1st quarter. Range Financial Group LLC now owns 1,608 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $803,000 after buying an additional 254 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Waterfront Wealth Inc. increased its position in shares of Mastercard by 11.2% during the first quarter. Waterfront Wealth Inc. now owns 2,741 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,370,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the period. 97.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Tigress Financial increased their price target on shares of Mastercard from $730.00 to $735.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 13th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Mastercard from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on shares of Mastercard from $656.00 to $629.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 1st. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Mastercard from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $600.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Finally, Dbs Bank raised shares of Mastercard to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 27th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $653.78.

Mastercard Price Performance

Shares of MA traded up $2.94 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $526.14. 1,616,894 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,819,577. The stock has a market cap of $464.89 billion, a PE ratio of 30.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.56. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $499.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is $517.53. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12 month low of $464.52 and a 12 month high of $601.77.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The credit services provider reported $4.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.41 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $8.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.26 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 45.88% and a return on equity of 212.96%. Mastercard’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.73 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.61 EPS for the current year.

Mastercard Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 9th will be paid a $0.87 dividend. This represents a $3.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 9th. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.14%.

Insider Transactions at Mastercard

In other Mastercard news, insider Sandra A. Arkell sold 200 shares of Mastercard stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $540.00, for a total transaction of $108,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 3,322 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,793,880. The trade was a 5.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Raj Seshadri sold 1,977 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $529.73, for a total value of $1,047,276.21. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 16,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,702,934.17. The trade was a 10.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 7,005 shares of company stock worth $3,689,976 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.09% of the company’s stock.

More Mastercard News

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Barclays upgraded Mastercard to strong-buy, adding to the bullish analyst backdrop and reinforcing confidence in the company’s long-term growth outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a platform designed to enable secure AI-agent and machine-to-machine payments, which could open a new growth avenue in emerging digital commerce. Mastercard (MA) Launches AP4M To Bring AI Agent Payments Onchain
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard and VEON announced a partnership to expand financial services across several markets, highlighting continued international expansion and transaction-network growth potential. VEON (VEON), Mastercard (MA) Partner to Expand Financial Services
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts still expect strong fundamentals, and recent commentary emphasized Mastercard’s resilient operations and earnings-growth forecasts, which helped support the stock despite technical weakness.
• Neutral Sentiment: Mastercard will report second-quarter 2026 results on July 30, keeping investors focused on payment-volume trends, margins, and whether growth can justify the valuation. Mastercard Incorporated to Host Conference Call on Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: An insider sale of 200 shares was disclosed, but it was a small pre-planned transaction under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, so it is not a major signal by itself.
• Negative Sentiment: Mastercard’s move below its 200-day moving average may be weighing on sentiment, as traders often view that level as a key technical support point.
• Negative Sentiment: Broader concerns around stablecoin competition, regulatory fee pressure, and alternative payment rails could pressure legacy card-network stocks like Mastercard and Visa.

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.