MASTERCARD INCORPORATED MA
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 57636Q104 · ISIN US57636Q1040
American multinational financial services corporation
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Business Services, NEC
- HeadquartersPurchase, NY
- Founded1966
- Websitemastercard.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.8bn this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $480.65. Options: 61 managers hold calls ($3.2bn notional), 70 hold puts ($3.7bn).
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 2,557 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,713 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,737 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,787 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,823 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,039 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,118 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 1,102 | 1,225 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,138 | 1,236 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,170 | 1,264 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,234 | 1,196 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,214 | 1,290 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,394 | 1,324 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $3.0bn | $2.9bn | 0.97 |
| Q3 2023 | $3.9bn | $2.9bn | 0.76 |
| Q4 2023 | $3.4bn | $3.7bn | 1.09 |
| Q1 2024 | $3.2bn | $3.7bn | 1.15 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +16.8m |
| AKRE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +4.2m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | +2.4m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +1.5m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +1.4m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +1.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +930.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +846.4k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +540.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +515.4k |
Biggest sellers
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | Reduced | -939.5k |
| BlueSpruce Investments, LP | Sold out | -811.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -720.9k |
| PineStone Asset Management Inc. | Reduced | -566.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -522.1k |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -512.6k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -505.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -486.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Reduced | -441.7k |
| LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC | Reduced | -420.4k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $765.6m1.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $524.1m1.1m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $223.5m464.1k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $126.6m262.9k shares |
| One River Asset Management, LLC | Added | $121.3m251.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $116.6m242.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $109.1m226.6k shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $108.3m224.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $105.0m218.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $101.2m210.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $549.9m1.1m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $385.2m799.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $350.8m728.4k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $229.7m477.0k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | $205.6m427.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $160.5m333.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $138.6m287.9k shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $128.1m266.1k shares |
| Eisler Capital (UK) Ltd. | Added | $118.6m246.4k shares |
| One River Asset Management, LLC | Added | $107.0m222.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Mastercard Foundation Asset Management Corp 13G · passive investor -0.9 pts · filed 2026-04-16 | 7.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 6.8% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $8.1m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.8m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.5m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $24.5m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $18.1m | $18.1m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $33.2m | $30.8m |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $391.0k | 1 | $1.7m | $1.7m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $62.3m | $62.3m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-21 | Mastercard Foundation +1 10% owner | Sold | $97.5k200 shares |
| 2024-03-15 | Madabhushi Venkata R Chief Marketing Officer | Sold plan | $7.6m16.0k shares |
| 2024-03-15 | Miebach Michael President & CEO, director | Sold plan | $3.7m7.8k shares |
| 2024-03-01 | Madabhushi Venkata R Chief Marketing Officer | Sold plan | $7.6m16.0k shares |
| 2024-03-01 | Miebach Michael President & CEO, director | Sold plan | $3.7m7.9k shares |
| 2024-02-27 | Madabhushi Venkata R Chief Marketing Officer | Sold plan | $13.2m28.0k shares |
| 2024-02-16 | Miebach Michael President & CEO, director | Sold plan | $3.7m7.9k shares |
| 2024-02-01 | Vosburg Craig Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $6.2m13.5k shares |
| 2024-02-01 | McLaughlin Edward Grunde President & CTO, MA Tech | Sold plan | $4.6m10.0k shares |
| 2024-01-22 | Bhalla Ajay President Cyber & Intelligence | Sold plan | $43.1k98 shares |
| 2024-01-19 | Bhalla Ajay President Cyber & Intelligence | Sold plan | $1.7m4.0k shares |
| 2024-01-12 | Vosburg Craig Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $2.0m4.6k shares |
| 2024-01-11 | Vosburg Craig Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $3.8m8.9k shares |
| 2024-01-02 | McLaughlin Edward Grunde President & CTO, MA Tech | Sold plan | $4.2m10.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.72% of their portfolio | 75.6m $36.4bn | Added +330.9k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.78% of their portfolio | 69.0m $33.2bn | Added +1.4m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.10% of their portfolio | 51.2m $24.7bn | Added +846.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.62% of their portfolio | 47.8m $23.0bn | Added +16.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.75% of their portfolio | 35.0m $16.9bn | Added +211.8k |
| Capital International Investors 2.04% of their portfolio | 20.9m $10.1bn | Reduced -109.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 20.8m $10.0bn | Added +271.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 1.21% of their portfolio | 20.6m $9.9bn | Reduced -183.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 17.5m $8.4bn | Added +338.4k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 1.49% of their portfolio | 13.7m $6.6bn | Added +43.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.85% of their portfolio | 11.2m $5.4bn | Added +383.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.91% of their portfolio | 10.6m $5.1bn | Reduced -720.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.92% of their portfolio | 10.0m $4.8bn | Reduced -486.6k |
| AKRE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 18.37% of their portfolio | 9.2m $4.4bn | Added +4.2m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 1.19% of their portfolio | 8.4m $4.0bn | Reduced -44.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.69% of their portfolio | 8.3m $4.0bn | Reduced -332.4k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 2.00% of their portfolio | 7.6m $3.7bn | Reduced -127.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 1.13% of their portfolio | 7.4m $3.6bn | Added +1.5m |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 2.31% of their portfolio | 7.2m $3.4bn | Reduced -505.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.87% of their portfolio | 6.0m $2.9bn | Reduced -250.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.82% of their portfolio | 5.9m $2.9bn | Reduced -28.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.26% of their portfolio | 5.4m $2.6bn | Reduced -239.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.59% of their portfolio | 5.0m $2.4bn | Reduced -241.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.66% of their portfolio | 5.0m $2.4bn | Reduced -54.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.73% of their portfolio | 4.9m $2.3bn | Added +2.4m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.53% of their portfolio | 4.8m $2.3bn | Added +117.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 4.8m $2.3bn | Reduced -171.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.46% of their portfolio | 4.5m $2.2bn | Reduced -125.8k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.97% of their portfolio | 4.5m $2.2bn | Reduced -177.2k |
| Amundi 0.86% of their portfolio | 4.4m $2.0bn | Added +22.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.45% of their portfolio | 4.3m $2.1bn | Added +266.5k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 2.13% of their portfolio | 4.2m $2.0bn | Added +279.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 1.27% of their portfolio | 4.2m $2.0bn | Reduced -87.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.68% of their portfolio | 4.0m $1.9bn | Reduced -522.1k |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.58% of their portfolio | 4.0m $1.9bn | Unchanged |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.88% of their portfolio | 3.9m $1.9bn | Added +110.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.49% of their portfolio | 3.8m $1.8bn | Added +16.8k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 2.33% of their portfolio | 3.6m $1.7bn | Reduced -270.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.75% of their portfolio | 3.5m $1.7bn | Added +515.4k |
| Capital World Investors 0.26% of their portfolio | 3.3m $1.6bn | Added +387.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.49% of their portfolio | 3.1m $1.5bn | Added +1.1m |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 3.06% of their portfolio | 3.0m $1.4bn | Reduced -52.3k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 3.98% of their portfolio | 2.8m $1.4bn | Reduced -121.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.79% of their portfolio | 2.8m $1.3bn | Reduced -51.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.56% of their portfolio | 2.5m $1.2bn | Added +91.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.85% of their portfolio | 2.5m $1.2bn | Reduced -123.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.4m $1.1bn | Reduced -62.4k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 1.34% of their portfolio | 2.4m $1.1bn | Reduced -134.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.66% of their portfolio | 2.2m $1.1bn | Reduced -231.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.99% of their portfolio | 2.2m $1.1bn | Reduced -9.4k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.82% of their portfolio | 2.2m $1.1bn | Reduced -132.9k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.70% of their portfolio | 2.1m $1.0bn | Reduced -9.8k |
| GARDNER RUSSO & QUINN LLC 10.38% of their portfolio | 2.1m $1.0bn | Reduced -202.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.36% of their portfolio | 2.0m $971.2m | Added +196.4k |
| Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd 5.36% of their portfolio | 2.0m $968.1m | Added +27.6k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 1.10% of their portfolio | 2.0m $966.0m | Reduced -257.4k |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP 6.63% of their portfolio | 1.9m $914.2m | Reduced -939.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.64% of their portfolio | 1.9m $909.2m | Reduced -42.9k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 1.64% of their portfolio | 1.9m $900.5m | Added +15.7k |
| VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 5.10% of their portfolio | 1.8m $921.2m | Reduced -120.2k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.80% of their portfolio | 1.7m $833.8m | Reduced -31.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.78% of their portfolio | 1.7m $815.2m | Added +32.7k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 1.95% of their portfolio | 1.7m $810.6m | Reduced -125.8k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.7m $809.9m | Added +16.3k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 1.6m $760.4m | Added +16.6k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 2.66% of their portfolio | 1.6m $755.6m | Reduced -378.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 1.18% of their portfolio | 1.5m $745.6m | Added +52.3k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.72% of their portfolio | 1.5m $733.3m | Reduced -288.0k |
| GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd 8.98% of their portfolio | 1.5m $732.6m | Added +16.1k |
| LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA 6.84% of their portfolio | 1.5m $688.7m | Reduced -43.4k |
| Valley Forge Capital Management, LP 19.50% of their portfolio | 1.5m $715.0m | Unchanged |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.83% of their portfolio | 1.5m $706.5m | Added +118.5k |
| Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd 11.68% of their portfolio | 1.5m $704.5m | Reduced -1.1k |
| ING GROEP NV 4.56% of their portfolio | 1.4m $664.7m | Added +228.3k |
| Swedbank AB 0.93% of their portfolio | 1.4m $660.7m | Added +17.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.83% of their portfolio | 1.4m $654.1m | Added +5.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.86% of their portfolio | 1.4m $651.2m | Reduced -44.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 1.16% of their portfolio | 1.3m $624.2m | Added +53.1k |
| National Pension Service 0.75% of their portfolio | 1.3m $624.8m | Added +12.4k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.97% of their portfolio | 1.2m $556.1m | Added +16.2k |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 2.37% of their portfolio | 1.2m $596.8m | Reduced -71.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 1.2m $591.6m | Added +69.6k |
| GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP 2.70% of their portfolio | 1.2m $591.1m | Reduced -93.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.2m $574.9m | Reduced -8.1k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 2.16% of their portfolio | 1.2m $564.1m | Reduced -23.3k |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 5.90% of their portfolio | 1.2m $554.1m | Added +287.8k |
| Mirova US LLC 7.56% of their portfolio | 1.2m $562.1m | Reduced -20.9k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 2.12% of their portfolio | 1.2m $552.8m | Added +252.2k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 4.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $537.0m | Reduced -16.5k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 1.50% of their portfolio | 1.1m $533.6m | Reduced -42.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.67% of their portfolio | 1.1m $519.0m | Added +930.0k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.48% of their portfolio | 1.1m $515.7m | Reduced -306.9k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 1.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $511.4m | Added +19.8k |
| JENSEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 3.86% of their portfolio | 1.0m $505.3m | Reduced -4.9k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 1.58% of their portfolio | 1.0m $504.0m | Reduced -143.0k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.70% of their portfolio | 1.0m $497.9m | Added +181.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 1.14% of their portfolio | 1.0m $493.7m | Added +292.5k |
| MENORA MIVTACHIM HOLDINGS LTD. 3.67% of their portfolio | 1.0m $488.8m | Added +9.7k |
| Fayez Sarofim & Co 1.42% of their portfolio | 992.1k $477.8m | Added +32.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.66% of their portfolio | 990.7k $477.1m | Added +167.3k |