$1,570,000 of MASTERCARD WORLDWIDE lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues related to interchange, cost of acceptance, debit interchange price controls, and routing mandates for credit cards (S.3623 and H.R.7035) Issues related to interest rate caps (S.381 and H.R. 1944) Issues related to small business growth Issues related to payment security and fraud and scam prevention Issues related to payment modernization Issues related to artificial intelligence Issues related to cybersecurity Issues related to digital assets Issues related to digital trade and market access Issues related to payments and regulation Issues related to AI and U.S. exports"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MA Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MA stock 4 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MA stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO purchased up to $15,000 on 03/28.
- SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE sold up to $15,000 on 02/23.
- SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN purchased up to $100,000 on 12/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. purchased up to $15,000 on 11/18.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
MA Insider Trading Activity
MA insiders have traded $MA stock on the open market 23 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 23 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MA stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- HAI LING (President, AP, Europe, MEA) has made 0 purchases and 23 sales selling 8,971 shares for an estimated $4,478,314.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MA Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,530 institutional investors add shares of MA stock to their portfolio, and 1,589 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- J. STERN & CO. LLP added 72,461,743 shares (+53535.0%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $41,366,959,843
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 19,945,136 shares (-75.1%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $11,386,279,239
- MASTERCARD FOUNDATION ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP removed 4,886,928 shares (-7.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,407,691,687
- CARDANO RISK MANAGEMENT B.V. removed 3,669,548 shares (-90.1%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $1,807,912,908
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 1,857,641 shares (-2.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,060,490,094
- FMR LLC removed 1,690,265 shares (-6.3%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $964,938,483
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 1,476,057 shares (-30.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $842,651,420
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MA Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MA in the last several months. We have seen 7 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/30/2026
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/30/2026
- HSBC issued a "Buy" rating on 12/08/2025
- Tigress Financial issued a "Strong Buy" rating on 11/06/2025
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 10/31/2025
- Macquarie issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/31/2025
- RBC Capital issued a "Buy" rating on 10/31/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for MA, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MA forecast page.
MA Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MA recently. We have seen 17 analysts offer price targets for $MA in the last 6 months, with a median target of $655.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Bryan Keane from Citigroup set a target price of $675.0 on 04/14/2026
- Adam Frisch from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $550.0 on 04/01/2026
- Timothy Chiodo from UBS set a target price of $650.0 on 03/31/2026
- Dominick Gabriele from Loop Capital set a target price of $631.0 on 03/31/2026
- Ivan Feinseth from Tigress Financial set a target price of $735.0 on 03/13/2026
- James Faucette from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $678.0 on 01/30/2026
- Tien-Tsin Huang from JP Morgan set a target price of $655.0 on 01/30/2026
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