MA - Mastercard Incorporated - Class A

NYSE · Financial Services · Credit Services

$521.30

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End of day · Apr 17, 2026, 12:00 AM

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Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers other payment-related products and services. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides value-added products and services comprising cyber and intelligence solutions for parties to transact, as well as proprietary insights, drawing on principled use of consumer, and merchant data services. In addition, the company offers analytics, test and learn, consulting, managed services, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants. Further, it provides open banking and digital identity platforms services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

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MA - Mastercard Incorporated - Class A

Financial Services

MA has spent the last year whipping traders around. There were a few sharp runs into the mid 500s and higher (even hitting just above 590 for a minute last summer), but lately almost all that upside has faded. Right now we're sitting at 502.76, which feels like the market's basically tossing the towel after a string of soft closes since December. Volatility came back in a big way after the winter lull. If you zoom out, the stock still has a pretty clear long term uptrend, but this drawdown has been rough. I’m bullish here for one main reason: MA controls a piece of infrastructure that isn’t getting disrupted any time soon. Transactions keep trending up even with competition and talk of new rails. The company keeps squeezing more operating leverage as volumes rise, and management keeps finding ways to push margins higher without having to grow costs out of control. That’s where the value comes from at these prices, not just some macro bounce. But yeah, there’s a real risk if US or European consumer spending tanks. MA is exposed to that, and you could see a guide down if wallets snap shut. That’s the thing I’m watching for, especially if credit card delinquencies start climbing in the next quarter or two. Still, I think the company will be able to weather a slowdown better than most. Also, the catalyst I'm watching is Q1 earnings: if they put up another double digit revenue print and stick to their margin guidance, the stock should grind back to 585.00 within 10 weeks. Not shooting for the moon here but I think MA at this level is a reasonable shot for a 16 percent move off these lows. Not a trade for adrenaline junkies but I’m putting it back on my watch list.

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$502.76

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$585.00

Jun 4, 2026

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122 to 17261

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