Mastercard (MA) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 34 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
1

Buy
32

Based on 34 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Mastercard in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 34 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 1 has given a hold rating, 30 have given a buy rating, and 2 have given a strong buy rating for MA.

Consensus Price Target

$680.00
23.06% Upside

According to the 34 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Mastercard, the average price target is $680.00. The highest price target for MA is $756.00, while the lowest price target for MA is $580.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 23.06% from the current price of $552.60.

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 10/3/25 to 10/3/26	1 Month Ago 9/3/25 to 9/3/26	3 Months Ago 7/5/25 to 7/5/26	1 Year Ago 10/3/24 to 10/3/25
Strong Buy	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	30 Buy rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)
Hold	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 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	$680.00	$680.00	$655.31	$630.89
Forecasted Upside	23.06% Upside	16.10% Upside	21.58% Upside	8.57% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate 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	2.97	2.27	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	23.06% Upside	37.68% Upside	21.54% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent MA News	Positive News	Neutral News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
9/2/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn 4 of 5 stars		Lower Target	Buy	$710.00 ➝ $688.00	+21.27%
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 Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		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-)
8/17/2026	President Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$693.00 ➝ $729.00	+28.50%
8/7/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$680.00 ➝ $713.00	+25.68%
8/6/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$580.00 ➝ $650.00	+14.60%
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%
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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	$609.00 ➝ $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%
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	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	Lower Target	Outperform	$680.00 ➝ $660.00	+16.36%
7/31/2026	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	Boost Target	Outperform	$580.00 ➝ $630.00	+11.07%
7/31/2026	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	Boost Target	Buy	$631.00 ➝ $647.00	+14.07%
7/31/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$550.00 ➝ $620.00	+9.31%
7/31/2026	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	Boost Target	Overweight	$597.00 ➝ $710.00	+25.18%
7/31/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight	$655.00 ➝ $720.00	+26.94%
7/31/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$700.00 ➝ $735.00	+29.58%
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	Goldman Sachs Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$674.00 ➝ $701.00	+21.20%
7/16/2026	Clear Str Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
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%
4/14/2026	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%
3/13/2026	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%
1/30/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$600.00 ➝ $626.00	+10.40%
1/30/2026	Compass Point Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$735.00 ➝ $756.00	+33.33%
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%
1/8/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$607.00 ➝ $710.00	+25.21%
11/10/2025	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$650.00 ➝ $670.00	+18.16%
10/31/2025	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$678.00 ➝ $683.00	+20.45%
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
5/2/2025	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	Lower Target	Outperform	$645.00 ➝ $610.00	+9.45%
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%
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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
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 Friday, October 2, 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 is aggressively expanding into artificial intelligence-driven payments, launching an AI-powered B2B Analytics solution that helps banks identify suppliers likely to accept commercial cards, which is expected to increase payment volume and grow commercial-card businesses.
The company is positioning itself for "agentic commerce" by deploying Agent Pay and new risk-insights tools that allow AI systems to make purchases autonomously, creating a new addressable market for transaction processing services.
Mastercard continues to build its stablecoin and digital-payments ecosystem through partnerships involving Stripe, Visa, and Coinbase, while Apple Pay’s launch in India supports Mastercard cardholders and expands digital-wallet acceptance globally.
With the stock currently trading at $552.60, the company offers a dividend yield of 0.63% with a low payout ratio of 19.14%, providing a modest income stream while retaining the majority of its earnings for reinvestment in growth initiatives.
Recent earnings data shows strong performance, with the company beating analysts' consensus estimates for both earnings per share and revenue in the most recent quarter, demonstrating robust demand for its payment solutions.

Mastercard
Bear Case

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

Mastercard faces a $167.5 million settlement for ATM fees, which creates a legal and reputational overhang, although the financial impact is limited relative to the company's overall size.
The stock carries a premium valuation with a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.40, which may limit upside potential if growth slows or if investors rotate into lower-valued sectors.
Europe is building its own payment network to compete with Visa and Mastercard, which could pose a long-term threat to Mastercard's market share and dominance in the European region.
Recent insider activity shows significant selling, with insiders selling 67,818 shares worth approximately $38.96 million over the last 90 days, which may signal a lack of confidence in the current stock price.
Short interest has increased slightly, with 7,201,181 shares shorted as of the most recent record date, indicating that some investors are betting against the stock's future performance.

MA Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 34 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Mastercard is $680.00, with a high forecast of $756.00 and a low forecast of $580.00.

34 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mastercard in the last twelve months. There is currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating, 30 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MA shares.

According to analysts, Mastercard's stock has a predicted upside of 23.06% 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 Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Exane, Cantor Fitzgerald, Clear Str, Daiwa Securities Group, Dbs Bank, Evercore, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, KeyCorp, Loop Capital, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, President Capital, Raymond James Financial, Robert W. Baird, Rothschild & Co Redburn, 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 Moderate 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

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Mastercard (MA) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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

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Mastercard Stock vs. The Competition

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Mastercard Bull Case

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