Mastercard Inc. insider Edward Grunde McLaughlin reported a same-day option exercise and sale of Class A common stock on July 15, 2026. The filing shows McLaughlin acquired 19,800 shares at $227.25 per share, consistent with an option exercise reported on Form 4 under transaction code “M.” The exercise price implies a total outlay of about $4.50 million. On the same date, McLaughlin sold 19,640 Mastercard Class A shares in a series of open-market sale transactions, reported under transaction code “S.” The sales were executed at weighted-average prices ranging from $529.4485 to $538.817 per share. In total, the reported sales generated approximately $10.5 million in gross proceeds, before taxes, commissions or other costs. Because he exercised 19,800 shares and sold 19,640 shares, the transactions appear to have left 160 newly acquired shares retained, although the provided filing text does not state McLaughlin’s total beneficial ownership after the transactions. The individual sale lots were reported as follows: 1,903 shares at a weighted-average price of $529.4485; 1,108.
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Mastercard
MA · XNYS
-$35.47 (-6.64%) past day
$499.09
Overnight $496.73 (-0.47%)
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Dividend
Past Dividend Performance
$0.87
$0.87
$0.87
Annual Dividend Yield
0.70%
Dividend
$0.87 / Stock
Frequency
Quarterly Payment
Day range
$529.97 - $539.73
Close price
$530.29
Market cap
$468.6B
P/E ratio
28.88
About the company
Mastercard Incorporated
Mastercard Inc. is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York. It provides payment transaction processing and other related-payment services, including travel-related payments and bookings. Its principal business globally is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of purchasers who use its branded debit, credit and prepaid cards to make purchases. Mastercard has been publicly traded since 2006. Mastercard was created by an alliance of several banks and regional bankcard associations in response to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America, which later became Visa and remains its biggest competitor. Both companies have faced numerous antitrust lawsuits. Prior to its initial public offering, Mastercard Worldwide was a cooperative owned by the more than 25,000 financial institutions that issue its branded cards.
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Mean target
$635
23
Buy
/ 26
Recent calls
07/17/2026
Bernstein
Harshita Rawat
Buy · Price target $710
07/16/2026
Bank of America Securities
Matthew O'Neill
Buy
07/16/2026
Clear Street
Owen Lau
Buy · Price target $617
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#1Michael McCaul
republican · House · TX-10
- Buy$1,000 / $8,000 / $15,000
- Sell$1,000 / $8,000 / $15,000
- Buy$1,000 / $8,000 / $15,000
- Buy$1,000 / $8,000 / $15,000
- Buy$1,000 / $8,000 / $15,000
- Buy$15,001 / $32,501 / $50,000
#2Markwayne Mullin
republican · Executive · OK
- Buy$50,001 / $75,001 / $100,000
#3Sheldon Whitehouse
democrat · Senate · RI
- Sell$1,001 / $8,001 / $15,000
#4Gilbert Cisneros
democrat · House · CA-31
#5Pete Sessions
republican · House · TX-17
#6Josh Gottheimer
democrat · House · NJ-5
#7Susan Collins
republican · Senate · ME
#8Shelley Capito
republican · Senate · WV
- Buy$1,001 / $8,001 / $15,000
#9Ro Khanna
democrat · House · CA-17
- Buy$15,001 / $32,501 / $50,000
#10David Cheston Rouzer
republican · House · NC-7
#11Rob Bresnahan
republican · House · PA-8
#12Josh Gottheimer
democrat · House · NJ-5
#13Valerie Hoyle
democrat · House · OR-4
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