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Capital Return Program

Mastercard Inc · 2026-08-04 · Importance 63 · Surprise 24

Mastercard repurchased $4.9 billion of its own stock during the second quarter of 2026. The buyback amount represented more than half of reported quarterly net revenue of $9.3 billion. The report did not specify the remaining authorization, average repurchase price, or timing of the purchases.

Key facts

• Mastercard's President & CEO Michael Miebach exercised 26,400 employee stock options and subsequently sold 33,256 shares of Class A Common Stock, generating approximately $19.08 million in gross sale proceeds, with the transactions conducted on July 31 and August 3, 2026 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in November 2025; the options were originally awarded in March 2019 and had fully vested prior to their exercise. source