Mastercard (NYSE:MA) CFO Hai Ling Sells 4,317 Shares of Company Stock

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) CFO Ling Hai sold 4,317 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $641.00, for a total transaction of $2,767,197.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 35,750 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,915,750. The trade was a 10.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Hai Ling also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, October 30th, Ling Hai sold 4,318 shares of Mastercard stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $642.43, for a total transaction of $2,774,012.74.
• On Friday, October 16th, Ling Hai sold 4,317 shares of Mastercard stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $620.00, for a total transaction of $2,676,540.00.

Mastercard Price Performance

Shares of MA traded down $10.97 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $647.13. 3,198,908 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,511,621. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $566.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.85, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 0.76. The business has a 50-day moving average of $588.35 and a 200 day moving average of $536.78. Mastercard Incorporated has a one year low of $464.52 and a one year high of $661.34.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The credit services provider reported $5.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.17 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $9.81 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.66 billion. Mastercard had a return on equity of 239.99% and a net margin of 46.34%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $4.38 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Mastercard Incorporated will post 19.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Mastercard Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 9th. Investors of record on Friday, October 9th will be issued a $0.87 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $3.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 18.20%.

Institutional Trading of Mastercard

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Robinswood Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mastercard during the first quarter worth $25,000. Next Level Wealth Planning LLC bought a new position in Mastercard during the 3rd quarter worth about $31,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in Mastercard during the 2nd quarter worth about $34,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Mastercard by 58.7% in the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 73 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the period. Finally, Premier Financial Group acquired a new stake in shares of Mastercard in the 2nd quarter valued at about $39,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on MA shares. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Mastercard from $700.00 to $735.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $665.00 price target on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Thursday, October 15th. Mizuho set a $711.00 price objective on Mastercard in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Mastercard from $720.00 to $755.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Mastercard from $660.00 to $710.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Mastercard has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $702.91.

Key Headlines Impacting Mastercard

Here are the key news stories impacting Mastercard this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard and Tencent plan to expand their cross-border remittance relationship through Mastercard Move and explore agentic payments. A separate initiative would let international visitors in China pay at participating QR merchants using overseas wallets, potentially broadening Mastercard’s reach. Tencent and Mastercard explore agentic payments and remittances Mastercard links overseas wallets to China QR payments
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard’s Q3 2026 results beat estimates: revenue rose 14% year over year to $9.81 billion, and EPS of $5.31 topped consensus. Management cited broad growth in its payment network and value-added services, along with expansion in markets including India, China and Germany. Mastercard Q3 deep dive
• Positive Sentiment: Mastercard disclosed a broad strategic partnership with OpenAI involving Agent Pay, payments and AI transformation—an opportunity to participate in emerging agentic commerce. Mastercard forms OpenAI and Tencent partnerships
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised price targets: UBS lifted its target to $750 with a Buy rating, while Cantor Fitzgerald raised its target to $765 and maintained Overweight. These revisions signal increased analyst confidence after the results. UBS raises Mastercard target Cantor Fitzgerald raises Mastercard target
• Positive Sentiment: An expanded relationship with a major Indian private bank could create more opportunities to serve small businesses and consumers. Mastercard scales in India
• Neutral Sentiment: The articles offer no clear company-specific explanation for why shares traded lower; the positive announcements may not have been enough to offset other market or trading pressures.

Mastercard Company Profile

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.