$1,250,000 of MASTERCARD WORLDWIDE lobbying was just disclosed, from Q4 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues related to interchange, cost of acceptance, and routing mandates for credit cards Issues related to payment security Issues related to artificial intelligence Issues related to open banking Issues related to digital assets Issues related to digital trade, payments, and market access"
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 MARKWAYNE MULLIN purchased up to $100,000 on 12/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 11/18, 10/17 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
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 24 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 24 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MA stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- J. MEHRA SACHIN (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 23 sales selling 41,837 shares for an estimated $24,486,638.
- HAI LING (President, AP, Europe, MEA) sold 4,485 shares for an estimated $2,691,000
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MA Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,563 institutional investors add shares of MA stock to their portfolio, and 1,482 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC removed 20,324,613 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $11,560,843,120
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 5,050,744 shares (+61.4%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $2,872,913,694
- MASTERCARD FOUNDATION ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP removed 4,886,928 shares (-6.5%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $2,779,733,515
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 2,564,504 shares (+8.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $1,458,715,520
- FMR LLC added 2,031,962 shares (+8.2%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $1,155,800,305
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 1,469,755 shares (+2.1%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $836,011,341
- T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. added 1,138,693 shares (+146.0%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $647,699,965
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 10 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- HSBC issued a "Buy" rating on 12/08/2025
- Tigress Financial issued a "Strong Buy" rating on 11/06/2025
- Macquarie issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/31/2025
- RBC Capital issued a "Buy" rating on 10/31/2025
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 10/31/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/31/2025
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/22/2025
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 15 analysts offer price targets for $MA in the last 6 months, with a median target of $660.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Dominick Gabriele from Compass Point set a target price of $735.0 on 01/13/2026
- Saul Martinez from HSBC set a target price of $633.0 on 12/08/2025
- Ivan Feinseth from Tigress Financial set a target price of $730.0 on 11/06/2025
- Matthew Coad from Truist Securities set a target price of $630.0 on 11/04/2025
- Timothy Chiodo from UBS set a target price of $700.0 on 10/31/2025
- Paul Golding from Macquarie set a target price of $660.0 on 10/31/2025
- Bryan Bergin from RBC Capital set a target price of $654.0 on 10/31/2025
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