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NASDAQ · MA
Mastercard Incorporated
Financial Services · Financial - Credit Services
$585.71
Down-$3.87 (-0.66%)
Updated Sep 4, 2026, 5:31 PM
SID Score
7.1/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
57/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 505.97B
- P/E ratio
- 35.71
- Dividend yield
- 0.67%
- 52-week range
- $464.52 – $601.23
- Volume
- 2.24M
- Avg. volume
- 2.77M
Price performance
MA price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
MA closed at $585.71 after 21 trading sessions, up 1.69% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $585.71
- Period change
- +1.69%
- Period low
- $559.73
- Period high
- $599.86
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $590.69 | $592.97 | $583.81 | $585.71 | 2.24M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $584.00 | $590.71 | $583.695 | $588.14 | 2.29M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $589.65 | $592.64 | $580.88 | $581.10 | 3.31M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $593.54 | $595.1793 | $588.38 | $589.31 | 3.15M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $593.95 | $598.02 | $592.0825 | $595.30 | 1.89M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $593.76 | $594.01 | $588.1101 | $591.73 | 3.19M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $599.37 | $600.49 | $594.71 | $598.47 | 3.11M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $596.87 | $601.23 | $595.35 | $599.37 | 3.37M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $585.00 | $599.99 | $584.2162 | $599.86 | 3.12M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $574.55 | $582.275 | $573.0401 | $580.63 | 2.2M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $572.07 | $579.61 | $571.80 | $573.85 | 2.61M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $571.50 | $582.9269 | $570.3302 | $573.72 | 3.05M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $563.87 | $578.50 | $563.18 | $574.31 | 3.91M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $565.24 | $569.27 | $561.2601 | $562.26 | 3.02M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $567.95 | $570.67 | $564.435 | $569.29 | 2.47M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $565.61 | $568.275 | $557.70 | $567.04 | 1.98M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $557.56 | $563.5499 | $556.06 | $559.73 | 3.1M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $562.71 | $567.63 | $560.00 | $561.44 | 2.46M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $561.11 | $566.765 | $559.36 | $563.17 | 2.64M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $572.57 | $572.99 | $561.62 | $562.95 | 3.02M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $573.21 | $576.36 | $566.37 | $575.95 | 3.02M |
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MA research
Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to $10 trillion in volume during 2024. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
Visit company websiteAnalyst outlook
Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $663.67
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 24
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | — |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
News briefing
Generated Sep 4, 2026, 3:17 PM
Why Is MA Down Today?
Mastercard shares declined 1.02% today despite a series of positive company announcements and analyst recognition, suggesting the market may be taking profits or awaiting more concrete results from recent initiatives. The payment processor is making strategic bets on emerging technologies like AI-powered agentic commerce, but investor sentiment remains measured as the stock appears fairly valued at current levels.
Bottom line: Mastercard remains a high-quality business with strong fundamentals, strategic positioning in emerging technologies like agentic commerce, and solid institutional backing, but today's decline reflects the market's view that the stock is fairly valued at current levels with limited near-term catalysts. Investors should monitor the commercialization progress of the Start Path cohort and competitive moves from Visa, while considering that the payment duopoly's structural advantages provide a reliable foundation for long-term holders despite macro headwinds.
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Mastercard (MA) Bets On AI Agent Commerce With New Start Path Cohort
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) launched its first Start Path cohort focused on agentic, AI agent driven commerce, signaling a new push into autonomous payments. The cohort targets startups building payments and infrastructure tools that allow AI agents to initiate and complete digital transactions. The move highlights Mastercard's interest in treating AI agents as active market participants rather than only supporting traditional human initiated payments. The push into AI agent driven commerce is...
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Mastercard Incorporated Stock Performance
Mastercard Incorporated shares closed at $585.71, reflecting a daily decline of approximately 0.88%, per SID market data. Despite the single-session pullback, the stock has demonstrated strong momentum across multiple timeframes, gaining 2.98% over the past month and surging 24.72% over the trailing three months. On a twelve-month basis, shares have appreciated 7.81%, underperforming the broader market's recent rally but maintaining a positive trajectory. Technically, MA trades well above both its 50-day moving average of $554.08 and its 200-day moving average of $523.65, indicating sustained bullish trend structure according to Massive/Polygon data. The 14-day RSI stands at 63.0, suggesting the stock remains in neutral-to-moderately-bullish territory without entering overbought conditions. Mastercard carries a beta of 0.868, reflecting slightly lower volatility than the broader market, with average daily volume of approximately 2.77 million shares and a market capitalization of roughly $506 billion.
Mastercard Incorporated Valuation Analysis
Mastercard Incorporated currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.71, a premium valuation within the Financial Services sector that reflects the company's dominant position in global payment networks, per SID market data. The PEG ratio stands at 6.55, indicating that the current earnings multiple substantially exceeds the company's near-term growth rate, which may suggest the stock is priced for long-term secular growth rather than near-term earnings acceleration. The price-to-book ratio registers at 64.25, a figure characteristic of asset-light business models with significant intangible value, per SEC filings. Mastercard offers a modest dividend yield of approximately 0.54%, consistent with the company's strategy of prioritizing share repurchases and reinvestment over dividend payouts. With a market capitalization of approximately $506 billion, Mastercard remains one of the most highly valued financial services companies globally, commanding premium multiples relative to traditional banking and financial peers.
Smart Money Activity for MA
Mastercard's composite smart money score registers at 57 out of 100 with a neutral signal, reflecting mixed sentiment across institutional and insider channels, per SEC Form 4 filings and 13F institutional filings. Institutional ownership scores a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating robust demand from large asset managers, pension funds, and mutual funds that continue to maintain or increase positions. In contrast, the insider activity score is notably weaker at 7.9 out of 25, driven by a pronounced sell skew among corporate executives and directors. Over the past 90 days, 20 insider transactions have been recorded, comprising just 4 purchases against 16 sales, suggesting insiders have been net distributors of shares. Congressional trading activity scores 14.3 out of 25, reflecting moderate legislative interest in the stock. Dark pool activity registers at 9.9 out of 25, indicating below-average off-exchange institutional block trading. The divergence between strong institutional conviction and insider selling creates a mixed positioning profile for MA.
Mastercard Incorporated Earnings Outlook
Mastercard has established a consistent pattern of exceeding Wall Street expectations, delivering positive earnings surprises across all recently reported quarters, according to company earnings reports. In the most recent quarter reported on July 30, Mastercard posted earnings per share of $5.04 against a consensus estimate of $4.76, representing a beat of $0.28 or approximately 5.9%. The prior quarter saw EPS of $4.60 versus the $4.41 estimate, a $0.19 upside surprise. The January 29 report delivered the largest recent beat, with actual EPS of $4.76 exceeding the $4.22 consensus by $0.54, a 12.8% surprise. Looking ahead, analyst estimates project EPS of $4.38 for the upcoming February reporting period, per analyst estimates. The sequential growth trajectory from $4.22 estimated to $5.04 actual across recent quarters underscores Mastercard's ability to consistently outperform forecasts while maintaining robust revenue growth in global digital payments.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for MA
Wall Street consensus on Mastercard remains uniformly bullish, with all recent analyst actions reiterating positive ratings, per Wall Street analyst reports and SID consensus data. RBC Capital maintained its Outperform rating on August 31, while Wolfe Research reiterated Outperform on August 25, reinforcing confidence in the company's growth trajectory. Truist Securities reaffirmed its Buy rating on August 5, followed by Cantor Fitzgerald maintaining an Overweight stance on August 3. Barclays also upheld its Overweight rating on July 31, completing a sweep of five consecutive positive reiterations across major sell-side firms. Notably, none of the recent analyst actions involved downgrades, rating initiations, or shifts in sentiment, suggesting a deeply entrenched bullish consensus. The absence of any Hold or Sell ratings among recent coverage updates reflects broad institutional confidence in Mastercard's competitive moat in digital payments, cross-border transaction growth, and value-added services expansion driving sustained long-term earnings power.
