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Mastercard (MA): analyst forecast and price target
Analyst consensus
Strong Buy12 Buy0 Hold0 Sell
Ratings of 12 analysts in the last 3 months · top analysts only12-month forecast
Based on 12 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $691, the highest $740, the lowest $625. The average is +12.0% from the last price of $617.
Analyst ratings 39
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harshita Rawat★★★★★★★★★★#1878 · hits 69% · avg +10.3% | Bernstein | $710 → $730+2.8% | Buy | +18.2% | Assigned | 15.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 06:45 | +1.9%next day +1.3% | ↗ |
| Unknown Analyst | Deutsche Bank | $668 | Buy | +8.2% | Reiterated | 15.10.26on TipRanks 07:55 | +1.9%next day +1.3% | ↗ |
| Andrew Bauch★★★★★★★★★★#9593 · hits 48% · avg −0.8% | BMO Capital | $630 → $665+5.6% | Buy | +7.7% | Reiterated | 14.10.26on TipRanks Oct 15 07:55 | +0.8%next day +1.9% | ↗ |
| Will Nance★★★★★★★★★★#11905 · hits 45% · avg −5.9% | Goldman Sachs | $701 → $716+2.1% | Buy | +16.0% | Reiterated | 13.10.26on TipRanks 07:10 | +1.6%next day +0.8% | ↗ |
| Gustavo Gala★★★★★★★★★★#8756 · hits 48% · avg −0.1% | Monness | $510 | Hold | −17.4% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks Oct 14 08:35 | +1.1%next day +1.6% | ↗ |
| David Koning★★★★★★★★★★#465 · hits 57% · avg +14.0% | Robert W. Baird | $660 → $710+7.6% | Buy | +15.0% | Assigned | 09.10.26on TipRanks 07:30 | +2.1%next day +1.1% · 5 days +6.8% | ↗ |
| Nik Cremo★★★★★★★★★★#11495 · hits 43% · avg −11.8% | Barclays | $660 | Buy | +6.9% | Reiterated | 09.10.26on TipRanks 04:50 | +2.1%next day +1.1% · 5 days +6.8% | ↗ |
| Bryan Keane★★★★★★★★★★#1581 · hits 59% · avg +6.7% | Citi | $675 | Buy | +9.3% | Reiterated | 08.10.26on TipRanks 06:55 | +1.2%next day +2.1% · 5 days +7.7% | ↗ |
| Daniel Perlin★★★★★★★★★★#12221 · hits 41% · avg −6.4% | RBC Capital | $696 | Buy | +12.7% | Reiterated | 28.09.26on TipRanks Sep 30 21:45 | +0.9%next day −0.6% · 5 days −1.9% | ↗ |
| Bill Carcache★★★★★★★★★★#330 · hits 69% · avg +18.7% | Piper Sandler | $597 → $710+18.9% | Buy | +15.0% | Reiterated | 28.09.26on TipRanks 08:07 | +0.9%next day −0.6% · 5 days −1.9% | ↗ |
| Jason Kupferberg★★★★★★★★★★#12264 · hits 47% · avg −7.5% | Wells Fargo | $668 | Buy | +8.2% | Reiterated | 23.09.26on TipRanks 06:50 | +1.4%next day +1.2% · 5 days −0.8% | ↗ |
| Darrin Peller★★★★★★★★★★#767 · hits 62% · avg +9.0% | Wolfe Research | $680 → $740+8.8% | Buy | +19.9% | Reiterated | 25.08.26on TipRanks 05:55 | −0.4%next day −0.2% · 5 days −2.5% | ↗ |
| Iris Gao★★★★★★★★★★#2558 · hits 69% · avg +15.2% | DBS | $625 | Buy | +1.2% | Reiterated | 14.08.26on TipRanks Aug 18 09:45 | +0.6%next day −0.8% · 5 days +3.4% | ↗ |
| AI Google Financial - Credit ServicesGemini 3.1Pro | TipRanks - Google | $653 → $668+2.3% | Buy | +8.2% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 02:05 | — | |
| AI xAi Financial - Credit ServicesxAI Grok-4 | TipRanks - xAI | $659 → $674+2.3% | Buy | +9.2% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 02:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic Financial - Credit ServicesAnthropic Opus-4.6 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $634 → $651+2.7% | Buy | +5.4% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 02:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek Financial - Credit ServicesDeepSeek V3.2-Speciale | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $668 → $680+1.8% | Buy | +10.1% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 02:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI Financial - Credit ServicesOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $642 → $671+4.5% | Buy | +8.7% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 02:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity Financial - Credit ServicesPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $668 → $665−0.4% | Buy | +7.7% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 02:05 | — | |
| Matthew Coad★★★★★★★★★★#8843 · hits 60% · avg −0.2% | Truist Financial | $554 → $633+14.3% | Buy | +2.5% | Reiterated | 05.08.26on TipRanks 08:55 | +0.1%next day +1.1% · 5 days −2.2% | ↗ |
| Ramsey El Assal★★★★★★★★★★#11271 · hits 48% · avg −2.2% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $650 → $695+6.9% | Buy | +12.6% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks Aug 3 08:45 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| John Davis★★★★★★★★★★#5783 · hits 51% · avg +1.1% | Raymond James | $609 → $632+3.8% | Buy | +2.4% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 08:55 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Timothy Chiodo★★★★★★★★★★#3445 · hits 50% · avg +4.0% | UBS | $640 → $670+4.7% | Buy | +8.5% | Assigned | 31.07.26on TipRanks 08:00 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Andrew Schmitt★★★★★★★★★★#9608 · hits 45% · avg −0.8% | KeyBanc | $670 → $680+1.5% | Buy | +10.1% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 07:19 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| James Faucette★★★★★★★★★★#2607 · hits 60% · avg +3.1% | Morgan Stanley | $679 → $681+0.3% | Buy | +10.3% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 07:19 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Matthew O'Neill★★★★★★★★★★#2436 · hits 76% · avg +13.1% | Bank of America Securities | $700 → $735+5.0% | Buy | +19.0% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 06:51 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Sanjay Sakhrani★★★★★★★★★★#112 · hits 72% · avg +16.0% | KBW | $665 → $685+3.0% | Buy | +10.9% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks 06:51 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Owen Lau★★★★★★★★★★#1033 · hits 64% · avg +8.4% | Clear Street | $617 → $645+4.5% | Buy | +4.5% | Assigned | 31.07.26on TipRanks Jul 30 19:36 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Bryan Bergin★★★★★★★★★★#11660 · hits 43% · avg −3.3% | TD Cowen | $664 → $667+0.5% | Buy | +8.0% | Reiterated | 31.07.26on TipRanks Jul 30 16:50 | −1.5%next day −1.8% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Andrew Jeffrey★★★★★★★★★★#692 · hits 60% · avg +9.9% | William Blair | — | Buy | — | Reiterated | 30.07.26on TipRanks 13:55 | +0.8%next day −1.5% · 5 days −3.9% | ↗ |
| Adam Frisch★★★★★★★★★★#5312 · hits 63% · avg +5.1% | Evercore ISI | $550 | Hold | −10.9% | Reiterated | 27.07.26on TipRanks 12:07 | +2.2%next day +1.8% · 5 days +1.0% | ↗ |
| Unknown Analyst | Erste Group | — | Hold | — | Reiterated | 24.06.26on TipRanks Jun 29 21:02 | +1.3%next day −1.3% · 5 days +4.0% | ↗ |
| Dan Dolev★★★★★★★★★★#1453 · hits 53% · avg +7.6% | Mizuho Securities | — | Buy | — | Reiterated | 01.05.26on TipRanks May 2 13:20 | −1.8%next day +2.2% · 5 days −2.4% | ↗ |
| Paul Golding★★★★★★★★★★#562 · hits 63% · avg +21.0% | Macquarie | $675 → $665−1.5% | Buy | +7.7% | Reiterated | 01.05.26on TipRanks 15:35 | −1.8%next day +2.2% · 5 days −2.4% | ↗ |
| Jim Kelleher★★★★★★★★★★#27 · hits 71% · avg +34.6% | Argus Research | — | Buy | — | Reiterated | 30.04.26on TipRanks May 1 12:16 | −5.2%next day −1.8% · 5 days −2.2% | ↗ |
| James Friedman★★★★★★★★★★#5808 · hits 52% · avg +0.9% | Susquehanna | $670 → $665−0.7% | Buy | +7.7% | Reiterated | 30.04.26on TipRanks May 1 07:10 | −5.2%next day −1.8% · 5 days −2.2% | ↗ |
| Dominick Gabriele★★★★★★★★★★#3757 · hits 50% · avg +3.7% | Loop Capital Markets | $631 | Buy | +2.2% | Initiated | 30.03.26on TipRanks Mar 31 08:45 | +2.3%next day −1.8% · 5 days −3.4% | ↗ |
| Alexandre Faure★★★★★★★★★★#11089 · hits 35% · avg −9.7% | Exane BNP Paribas | $600 | Buy | −2.8% | Upgrade | 19.03.26on TipRanks 04:55 | +0.8%next day +2.5% · 5 days +3.9% | ↗ |
| Ivan Feinseth★★★★★★★★★★#902 · hits 57% · avg +9.4% | Tigress Financial | $730 → $735+0.7% | Buy | +19.0% | Reiterated | 13.03.26on TipRanks 09:50 | +0.7%next day +1.1% · 5 days +1.5% | ↗ |
| Kazuya Nishimura★★★★★★★★★★#2217 · hits 83% · avg +21.5% | Daiwa | $605 → $610+0.8% | Buy | −1.2% | Upgrade | 02.02.26on TipRanks 18:40 | 0.0%next day +1.0% · 5 days −2.3% | ↗ |
| Trevor Williams★★★★★★★★★★#7858 · hits 51% · avg +0.2% | Jefferies | $675 | Buy | +9.3% | Reiterated | 30.01.26on TipRanks 10:55 | −0.6%next day +2.6% · 5 days +2.0% | ↗ |
| Tien Tsin Huang★★★★★★★★★★#2566 · hits 54% · avg +3.8% | J.P. Morgan | $685 → $655−4.4% | Buy | +6.1% | Reiterated | 30.01.26on TipRanks 07:01 | −0.6%next day +2.6% · 5 days +2.0% | ↗ |
| Fahed Kunwar★★★★★★★★★★#9894 · hits 39% · avg −3.6% | Rothschild & Co Redburn | $768 → $685−10.8% | Buy | +10.9% | Reiterated | 28.01.26on TipRanks 05:32 | +0.2%next day +4.5% · 5 days +7.5% | ↗ |
| Rayna Kumar★★★★★★★★★★#4159 · hits 51% · avg +3.7% | Oppenheimer | $678 → $683+0.7% | Buy | +10.6% | Reiterated | 10.12.25on TipRanks 09:00 | −0.4%next day +4.3% · 5 days +7.3% | ↗ |
| Saul Martinez★★★★★★★★★★#2934 · hits 65% · avg +6.7% | HSBC | $633 | Buy | +2.5% | Upgrade | 07.12.25on TipRanks 18:30 | −0.6%next day −0.4% · 5 days +5.7% | ↗ |
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The latest rating of each analyst in the last 12 months, as TipRanks lists them. Every rating kept, earlier ones included
Best analysts covering Mastercard
TipRanks picks them by their record on this stock; the figures under the name are their record across all their ratings.
Most accurate
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How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $670 at a price of $551 (+21.6%); now: $669 at $617 (+8.3%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend · top analysts
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buy | 18 | 17 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 9 |
| Hold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 29.10.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $5.16 (from $5.03 to $5.36). Last quarter: $5.04.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $9.7B (from $9.3B to $9.8B). Last quarter: $9.3B.
Best top-analyst consensus in the sector · Financial
About Mastercard
- CEO: Michael Miebach
- Employees: 39,800
- 2000 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY, 10577, US
- www.mastercard.com
Mastercard Incorporated is a global technology firm specializing in providing transaction processing and a wide array of payment solutions, operating across the United States and internationally. Its core business centers on enabling the entire payment transaction lifecycle – including authorization, clearing, and settlement – alongside offering a spectrum of complementary payment services. The company provides a comprehensive suite of integrated products and value-added services to a diverse clientele, which includes individual account holders, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, governments, and other organizations. These offerings span programs enabling deferred payment credit, prepaid card management services, commercial credit and debit solutions, and tools for accessing funds in deposit and other accounts. Additionally, Mastercard offers advanced cyber and intelligence solutions designed to secure transactions for all participants, and provides proprietary insights derived from the responsible utilization of consumer and merchant data. For online merchants, its specialized offerings encompass analytics, experimental "test and learn" platforms, consulting, managed services, loyalty programs, payment processing, and secure gateway technologies. The company also operates open banking and digital identity platforms. Its prominent payment solutions are delivered under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus brands. Established in 1966, Mastercard Incorporated is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
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