Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Analyst Ratings & Price Targets

Mastercard Incorporated

MA · NYSE

Analyst Consensus

Buy

32 analysts

$571

Current

$680

Low

$667

Average

$680

High

Average target implies +16.67% versus the current price.

Analyst Ratings Synthesis

Consensus is Buy, with all 32 supplied analysts backing that rating, and the mean target is $666.50; the evidence does not provide a consensus low or high. Separate datasets show where disagreement lies: Simply Wall St. cites a cluster around $668-$735, while TipRanks reports a $505-$710 range and Benzinga a $532-$735 range. Tigress Financial is the most bullish named analyst at $735, while Mizuho is least bullish at $532. The latest explicit action is Baird’s July 7 increase to $680 from $660, while Simply Wall St. generally describes recent upgrades. No supplied evidence identifies a revision during this week. The substantive debate is whether cross-border growth, value-added services and agentic commerce justify higher valuation despite cyclical exposure.

Rating Actions

1 firm captured

Firm	Analyst	Rating	Price Target	Upside	Date	Source
Baird	David Koning	Outperform Maintained rating and raised price target from $660 to $680	$680from $660	+19.0%	Jul 7, 2026	Open the report this row came from

Rating actions are extracted from published reporting. Each row links to its source.

Research Reports

Links to freely available third-party research. Outlook labels are our classification of each article's stance, not a rating of our own.

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Symbol: MA
Type: Stock
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Business Services
Country: North America
Exchange: NYSE

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're building a resilient economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Key Issues

Bullish view

Mastercard’s second-quarter beat was supported by solid cross-border volume growth, alongside switched transactions and value-added services. That combination suggests continued consumer and business spending can sustain momentum.

Bearish view

Cross-border payments are exposed to travel, trade and economic conditions, and weakness at Euronet shows that this category can soften. A broader slowdown could make Mastercard’s recent growth rate difficult to repeat.

Analyst Consensus

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Buy

32 analysts

$571

Current

$680

Low

$667

Average

$680

High

Average target implies +16.67% versus the current price.

Earnings History

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