Mastercard (MA) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover Mastercard?

Mastercard has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , Cantor Fitzgerald , Clear Str , Dbs Bank , Keefe, Bruyette & Woods , KeyCorp , Morgan Stanley , Piper Sandler , Raymond James Financial , Robert W. Baird , Royal Bank Of Canada , TD Cowen , The Goldman Sachs Group , Truist Financial , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , and Wolfe Research in the past 90 days.

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Mastercard - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Buy

Based on 31 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
0

Buy
30

Based on 31 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Mastercard in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy." Out of the 31 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 25 have given a buy rating, and 5 have given a strong buy rating for MA.

Consensus Price Target

$666.64
17.76% Upside

According to the 31 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Mastercard, the average price target is $666.64. The highest price target for MA is $740.00, while the lowest price target for MA is $597.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 17.76% from the current price of $566.11.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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MA Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 9/18/25 to 9/18/26	1 Month Ago 8/19/25 to 8/19/26	3 Months Ago 6/20/25 to 6/20/26	1 Year Ago 9/18/24 to 9/18/25
Strong Buy	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	25 Buy rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)
Hold	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$666.64	$661.93	$656.04	$630.89
Forecasted Upside	17.76% Upside	15.28% Upside	33.69% Upside	7.59% Upside
Consensus Rating	Buy	Buy	Buy	Moderate Buy

MA Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

MA Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Mastercard Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Mastercard	Finance Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	3.10	2.27	2.53
Consensus Rating	Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	17.76% Upside	33.30% Upside	17.73% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent MA News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
8/31/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada 3 of 5 stars	Daniel R. Perlin Not Rated	Boost Target	Outperform	$642.00 ➝ $696.00	+16.87%
8/25/2026	Wolfe Research 4 of 5 stars	Darrin Peller 1 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Outperform	$680.00 ➝ $740.00	+23.40%
8/21/2026	Dbs Bank 4 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Moderate Buy
8/17/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/5/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Coad Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$554.00 ➝ $633.00	+10.49%
8/3/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ramsey El-Assal Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$650.00 ➝ $695.00	+21.16%
7/31/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bryan Bergin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$664.00 ➝ $667.00	+17.18%
7/31/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$632.00	+10.52%
7/31/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Timothy Chiodo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$640.00 ➝ $670.00	+17.16%
7/31/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Faucette Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$679.00 ➝ $681.00	+17.75%
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7/31/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Nik Cremo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$640.00 ➝ $660.00	+14.11%
7/31/2026	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sanjay Sakhrani Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$665.00 ➝ $685.00	+18.44%
7/31/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Schmidt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$670.00 ➝ $680.00	+17.57%
7/30/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$701.00	+21.20%
7/16/2026	Clear Str Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
7/7/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Koning Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$660.00 ➝ $680.00	+27.49%
6/29/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bill Carcache Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$597.00	+16.91%
6/3/2026	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Dominick Gabriele Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$631.00	+31.96%
5/1/2026	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Friedman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Positive	$670.00 ➝ $665.00	+31.93%
4/21/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Bauch Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$605.00	+18.36%
4/14/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bryan Keane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$735.00 ➝ $675.00	+31.84%
3/19/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$600.00	+22.85%
3/17/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Negative
3/13/2026	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ivan Feinseth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$730.00 ➝ $735.00	+47.71%
3/5/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Buy	$700.00	+33.67%
2/2/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kazuya Nishimura Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$610.00	+9.69%
1/30/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tien-Tsin Huang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$685.00 ➝ $655.00	+21.61%
1/30/2026	Macquarie Infrastructure Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Paul Golding Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$660.00 ➝ $675.00	+25.26%
1/29/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jason Kupferberg Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$660.00 ➝ $668.00	+22.87%
1/28/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Fahed Kunwar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$685.00	+31.77%
1/13/2026	Compass Point Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Dominick Gabriele Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$620.00 ➝ $735.00	+29.71%
12/8/2025	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/17/2025	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bryan Keane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$650.00	+17.70%
6/6/2025	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
4/9/2025	Monness Crespi & Hardt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gus Gala Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral
2/4/2025	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$620.00	+9.84%
1/31/2025	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Jeffrey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
12/19/2024	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$591.00 ➝ $588.00	+11.87%
11/1/2024	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$496.00 ➝ $532.00	+4.49%

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Should I Buy Mastercard Stock? MA Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Mastercard pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Mastercard
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Mastercard:

Mastercard recently reported strong financial performance for the quarter ended July 30, 2026, with earnings per share of $5.04, which beat the consensus estimate of $4.77, and revenue of $9.28 billion, exceeding expectations of $9.08 billion, demonstrating robust top-line growth of 14.1% year-over-year.
The company is expanding its revenue streams beyond traditional payment processing by emphasizing stablecoins and value-added services, a strategy outlined by incoming CFO Ling Hai that aims to diversify income sources and support long-term earnings growth through targeted acquisitions and infrastructure expansion.
Mastercard is broadening its global footprint in emerging markets with initiatives such as issuing the first internationally accepted payment card in Syria with QNB Group and launching a program with Bank Audi to bring 10,000 Lebanese entrepreneurs into the digital economy, which could significantly increase future transaction volumes.
Analysts maintain a positive outlook on the stock, with a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $666.64, which represents a potential upside from the current stock price of $572.71, reflecting confidence in the company's continued growth trajectory.
The company is advancing its role in digital commerce through AI-enabled initiatives and small-business growth programs, such as the "Built Small. Moving Strong." campaign, which positions Mastercard to capture new sources of services revenue as businesses increasingly adopt digital tools.

Mastercard
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Mastercard for these reasons:

Major UK banks are preparing to fund a new domestic payments infrastructure vehicle that could eventually become an alternative to Mastercard and Visa, introducing a potential competitive threat to Mastercard's UK payment volumes and pricing power over the longer term.
Insiders have been selling shares, with a total of 74,623 shares valued at approximately $42.5 million sold over the last quarter, including significant sales by CEO Michael Miebach and other executives, which may signal a lack of confidence in the current valuation or future growth prospects.
Mastercard carries a high debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96, which indicates a significant level of leverage relative to its equity, potentially increasing financial risk if interest rates rise or if the company faces economic headwinds that impact its cash flows.
The stock is trading at a premium valuation with a P/E ratio of 31.50, which is higher than the broader market average, suggesting that investors are paying a high price for earnings and that any disappointment in future performance could lead to a significant decline in the stock price.
Short interest in the stock has increased slightly, with 7,591,013 shares shorted as of August 31, 2026, representing a 5.6% increase from the previous month, indicating that some investors are betting against the stock's future performance.

MA Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 31 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Mastercard is $666.64, with a high forecast of $740.00 and a low forecast of $597.00.

31 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last year. There is currently 1 sell rating, 25 buy ratings and 5 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MA shares.

According to analysts, Mastercard's stock has a predicted upside of 17.76% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Mastercard's stock had 4 upgrades by analysts.

Mastercard has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, Cantor Fitzgerald, Clear Str, Dbs Bank, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Raymond James Financial, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank Of Canada, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wolfe Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Mastercard more than other "finance" companies. The consensus rating for Mastercard is Buy while the average consensus rating for "finance" companies is Hold. Learn more on how MA compares to other companies.

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Mastercard (MA) Stock Forecast & Price Target