XNYS · Credit Services
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$565.24-0.09%
Model Target
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not published for this name
Implied upside
—
vs the model target
Valuation methods
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no method met the standard
TickerWhale Score
58/100
Positive
Score components
TickerWhale View
Mastercard Incorporated - scores 58 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%98Strong
- Revenue growth 16.0%
- EPS growth 22.7%
Valuation
25%9Weak
- P/E 30.7
- EV/Sales 14.6
Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to $11 trillion in volume during 2025. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
#20 by market cap in our coverage · ~39,800 employees · Listed 2006-05-25 · www.mastercard.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#52 / 197sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 58 vs sector average 49.7 (+8.3)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 41%
Return on equity (industry)Top 6%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 82%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
82/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 82nd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 65/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates MA's technical setup strong — 82nd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
3 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+6.3%
- vs 50-day-0.2%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)44 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength11· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -3.103)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 3 buy vs 4 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 2 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)30.7
- P/S (TTM)14.2
- P/B89.0
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales14.6
- PEG1.35
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin—
- Net margin46.3%
- ROE263.7%
- Debt/Equity4.39
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)16.0%
- EPS growth (YoY)22.7%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $499.1B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.8B | $28.2B | $25.1B |
| Gross profit | $32.8B | $28.2B | $25.1B |
| Operating income | $18.9B | $15.6B | $14.0B |
| Net income | $15.0B | $12.9B | $11.2B |
| EPS (diluted) | $16.52 | $13.89 | $11.83 |
| Free cash flow | $16.4B | $13.6B | $10.9B |
| Cash | $13.2B | $10.8B | $10.5B |
| Total debt | $19.0B | $18.2B | $15.7B |
| Equity | $7.7B | $6.5B | $6.9B |
| Net debt | $5.8B | $7.4B | $5.2B |
| Debt / equity | 2.46 | 2.81 | 2.26 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.84 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
Model Target
Model Target — Under Review
Our valuation methods do not currently agree closely enough for us to publish a single target for this company. We would rather say so than print a number we cannot stand behind. The TickerWhale Score still reflects quality, growth and momentum.
Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACurrentMastercard Incorporated - | 58 | 65 | 30.7 | — | 89.0 | 14.6 | $565.24 | -0.09% | +16.0% | ||
| WTMWhite Mountains Insurance Group | 84 | 52 | 4.5 | — | 0.9 | 1.5 | $2,061.30 | +0.14% | +55.5% | ||
| JXNJackson Financial Inc - | 83 | 74 | 158.1 | — | 0.9 | 1.0 | $132.67 | +2.54% | +15.1% | ||
| FBPFirst Bancorp PR | 80 | 69 | 11.4 | — | 2.2 | 3.1 | $27.58 | +0.22% | +2.7% | ||
| AMPAmeriprise Financial | 78 | 69 | 12.8 | — | 7.9 | 2.4 | $544.33 | -0.25% | +9.1% | ||
| SEICSEI Investments Company | 76 | 72 | 18.4 | — | 5.2 | 5.2 | $105.20 | +0.33% | +11.1% |
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