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Mastercard Ownership Summary

Mastercard is owned by 26.65% institutional investors, 0.52% insiders, and 72.83% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.91% of MA shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.87% of its assets in Mastercard shares.

MA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Mastercard	26.65%	0.52%	72.83%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	34.10%	9.51%	56.39%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	79.90M	8.91%	$45.61B
Mastercard foundation asset management	70.12M	7.82%	$40.03B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	68.30M	7.61%	$38.99B
Blackrock	69.82M	7.48%	$30.80B
State street	36.58M	4.03%	$20.81B
Jpmorgan chase	31.21M	3.48%	$17.82B
Fmr	26.87M	2.96%	$15.28B
Geode capital management	20.69M	2.31%	$11.77B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	19.88M	2.19%	$11.31B
Capital investors	17.96M	2.00%	$10.26B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Mastercard foundation asset management	70.12M	97.40%	$40.03B
Santa monica partners lp	102.17K	34.10%	$58.12M
Farley capital	65.96K	27.10%	$37.52M
Valley forge capital management, lp	1.48M	20.32%	$844.55M
Akre capital management	3.01M	18.81%	$1.72B
Settian capital lp	41.90K	15.95%	$23.92M
Aquamarine zurich	40.00K	15.48%	$22.84M
14b captial management lp	43.00K	14.31%	$24.46M
Bluegrass capital partners lp	41.00K	13.98%	$23.41M
Hillman	69.29K	13.71%	$39.56M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	11.75M	0.72%	11.75M
Fmr	26.87M	0.79%	2.03M
T. rowe price investment management	1.92M	0.67%	1.14M
State street	36.58M	0.72%	997.54K
Cibc world markets	871.13K	2.39%	871.13K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-20.32M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	68.30M	0.66%	-1.86M
Capital world investors	3.34M	0.26%	-1.48M
Franklin resources	6.31M	0.88%	-1.16M
Lone pine capital	-	-	-1.04M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	11.75M	0.72%	11.75M	$6.71B
Cibc world markets	871.13K	2.39%	871.13K	$497.31M
Axa investment managers	407.69K	0.63%	407.69K	$231.90M
Azora capital lp	332.00K	6.74%	332.00K	$146.47M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	175.54K	0.87%	175.54K	$77.44M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Vista private wealth partners.	-2.00
Syntax research	-3.00
Decker retirement planning	-3.00
Game plan financial advisors	-4.00
Sugar maple asset management	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	1,995	-44.20%	239,068,655	-69.40%	26	0.36%	903	-44.57%	807	-38.40%
Sep 30, 2025	2,249	-37.20%	302,493,832	-62.22%	33	0.43%	1,043	-36.05%	838	-38.02%
Jun 30, 2025	3,536	0.28%	826,981,496	4.88%	91	1.22%	1,605	4.76%	1,334	-4.17%
Mar 31, 2025	42	-98.79%	9,597,038	-98.79%	1	0.01%	10	-99.42%	21	-98.24%
Dec 31, 2024	3,096	-2.89%	748,493,171	5.98%	81	1.39%	1,517	6.83%	1,064	-11.48%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	26.12M	2.87%	-179.40K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	25.28M	2.84%	90.70K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	20.89M	2.34%	130.24K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	10.44M	1.17%	1.87M
Fidelity 500 Index	10.37M	1.16%	-55.71K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	10.13M	1.11%	-218.61K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	9.68M	1.09%	-17.21K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	9.80M	1.08%	120.43K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	9.86M	1.08%	-51.73K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	8.53M	0.96%	52.33K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 23, 2026	Ling Hai	President, AP, Europe, MEA	Sell	$300.87K
Feb 23, 2026	Ling Hai	President, AP, Europe, MEA	Sell	$59.29K
Feb 23, 2026	Ling Hai	President, AP, Europe, MEA	Sell	$118.31K
Feb 23, 2026	Ling Hai	President, AP, Europe, MEA	Sell	$177.18K
Feb 23, 2026	Ling Hai	President, AP, Europe, MEA	Sell	$145.58K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	23
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	25
2025 Q2	-	31
2025 Q1	-	46

MA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Mastercard?

Mastercard shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 26.65%, followed by 0.52% insiders and 72.83% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Mastercard's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 34.10%, which Mastercard falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Mastercard?

Mastercard’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (79.9M shares, 8.91%), Mastercard foundation asset management (70.12M shares, 7.82%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (68.3M shares, 7.61%). Together, they hold 24.34% of Mastercard’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Mastercard?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.48% of Mastercard, totaling 69.82M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.70% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 30.8B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 809.54K shares, a 1.17% change.

Who is Mastercard’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Mastercard foundation asset management is Mastercard’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 97.40% of its assets in 70.12M Mastercard shares, valued at 40.03B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Mastercard shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Mastercard shares, with 2.87% of its total shares outstanding invested in 26.12M Mastercard shares.

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