Mastercard Ownership

MA Stock  USD 562.09  3.33  0.60%   
Mastercard maintains a total of 901.26 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Mastercard outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These third-party entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to shop for positions in Mastercard to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional holders are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Mastercard. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Mastercard as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. On July 9, 2025, Representative Michael McCaul of US Congress acquired $15k to $50k worth of Mastercard's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2002-06-30
Previous Quarter
919 M
Current Value
914 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
1.1 B
Quarterly Volatility
156.4 M
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Mastercard in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Mastercard, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
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Mastercard Stock Ownership Analysis

About 90.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.22. Mastercard recorded earning per share (EPS) of 14.25. The entity last dividend was issued on the 9th of July 2025. The firm had 10:1 split on the 22nd of January 2014. Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York. Mastercard operates under Credit Services classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 24000 people. To find out more about Mastercard contact Ajaypal Banga at 914 249 2000 or learn more at https://www.mastercard.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Mastercard also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Mastercard's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Mastercard's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Mastercard Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

48.47 Billion

Mastercard Insider Trades History

Less than 1% of Mastercard are currently held by insiders. Unlike Mastercard's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Mastercard's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Mastercard's insider trades
 
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Mastercard Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Mastercard is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Mastercard backward and forwards among themselves. Mastercard's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Mastercard's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Norges Bank2024-12-31
11.4 M
Capital Research Global Investors2025-03-31
10.2 M
Northern Trust Corp2025-03-31
9.1 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2025-03-31
8.7 M
Franklin Resources Inc2025-03-31
7.8 M
Nuveen, Llc2025-03-31
7.7 M
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-12-31
7.6 M
Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc2025-03-31
7.2 M
Hhg Plc2025-03-31
6.8 M
Mastercard Foundation Asset Management Corp2025-03-31
79.5 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-03-31
77.5 M
Note, although Mastercard's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Mastercard Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Mastercard insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Mastercard's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Mastercard insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Mastercard's latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Mastercard, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Mastercard by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2025-07-09Representative Michael McCaulAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2025-05-15Senator Tommy TubervilleAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2025-05-14Senator Tommy TubervilleAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2025-05-13Representative Bruce WestermanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-04-29Representative Rob BresnahanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-04-17Representative Bruce WestermanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-03-05Senator John BoozmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2025-02-07Senator John BoozmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-11-06Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-06-13Senator Tommy TubervilleAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-10-31Senator Markwayne MullinAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-10-11Senator Markwayne MullinAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2023-09-22Senator Dan SullivanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-09-17Senator Dan SullivanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-08-13Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-07-17Representative Rick LarsenAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-10-05Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-08-03Representative Cheri BustosAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2019-12-01Senator Pat RobertsAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2019-10-08Representative Zoe LofgrenAcquired Under $15KVerify
2018-09-19Representative Bob GibbsAcquired $15K to $50KVerify

Mastercard Outstanding Bonds

Mastercard issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Mastercard uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Mastercard bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Mastercard has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Mastercard Corporate Filings

F4
8th of July 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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5th of June 2025
Other Reports
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F3
5th of May 2025
The report used by insiders such as officers, directors, and major shareholders (beneficial owners holding more than 10% of any class of the company's equity securities) to declare their ownership of a company's stock
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8K
1st of May 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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Is Transaction & Payment Processing Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Mastercard. If investors know Mastercard will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Mastercard listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.115
Dividend Share
2.84
Earnings Share
14.25
Revenue Per Share
31.605
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.142
The market value of Mastercard is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Mastercard that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Mastercard's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Mastercard's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Mastercard's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Mastercard's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Mastercard's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Mastercard is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Mastercard's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.