Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup · Temp Headwind edge
Financial Services · Credit Services
Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $488.12 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.8): -1.5; Negative momentum.
Mastercard is a global payments technology company operating a four-party network enabling transactions in 150+ currencies across 220+ countries and territories, processing $10.6 trillion in gross dollar volume in 2025. Net revenue of $32.8 billion in 2025 (up 16%) comes from... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $488.12 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.8): -1.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 44. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 47d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: conservative.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-12Recent Developments — Mastercard Incorporated
Latest news
- NEWS Mastercard (MA) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know - StockStory — StockStory positive
- NEWS Mastercard (MA) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- NEWS Mastercard (MA) jumps 3.7% as payment-network stocks rally ahead of MA earnings - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative positive
- NEWS GC Wealth Management RIA LLC Sells 9,019 Shares of Mastercard Incorporated $MA - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Mastercard to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences - Business Wire — Business Wire neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-05-07Item 5.02LOWSandra Arkell (Corporate Controller, principal accounting officer) to move to Chief Audit Executive role August 3, 2026. Chris Mullett appointed successor Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer effective August 3, 2026. Clean handoff with named successor.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $488.12 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.8): -1.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 44. Prior stop was $466.87. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $595.21 (+21.9% upside). Prior stop was $466.87. Stop-loss: $466.87.
Leverage penalty (D/E 2.8): -1.5; Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -2.1%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Mastercard Incorporated trades at a P/E of 28.2 (forward 21.4). TrendMatrix value score: 4.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
51 analysts cover MA with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $647.
What does Mastercard Incorporated do?Mastercard is a global payments technology company operating a four-party network enabling transactions in 150+...
Mastercard is a global payments technology company operating a four-party network enabling transactions in 150+ currencies across 220+ countries and territories, processing $10.6 trillion in gross dollar volume in 2025. Net revenue of $32.8 billion in 2025 (up 16%) comes from network switching fees, service fees, data analytics, and other value-added services to financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses.