The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

MA

Concerning the House

Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers products and services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; consumer bill payment services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses, including Virtual Card Number, which is generated dynamically from an existing account and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; and a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions. In addition, the company offers Mastercard Move, which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and partners with central banks, fintechs, and financial institutions, as well as enables various cross-border payment flows. Further, it provides security solutions; marketing, personalization, and issuer and merchant loyalty services; business and operational intelligence, advanced analytics and AI, consulting and agentic solutions, and payments and portfolio optimization; digital and authentication; processing and gateway solutions; and other solutions. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus names. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

United States · www.mastercard.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 14 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$25.10B+15.0%
Operating income$18.90B+17.7%
Net income$682.00M-14.4%
Cash from ops$11.98B+23.5%
Quotation

$567.04

+7.31 (+1.3%)

52w hi$595.25
52w lo$470.76
Vol1.98M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.20

Short+0.16
Medium+0.26
Long+0.14

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Mastercard Incorporated

Financial Services · Credit Services

Market cap$496.73B
Enterprise value$503.36B
Trailing P/E31.17x
Forward P/E24.64x
EV / EBITDA22.67x
P / S (ttm)14.16x
Profit margin46.3%
Return on equity241.2%
Revenue growth+14.1%
Earnings growth+22.1%
Debt / equity439.58
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.64
Corr SPX0.47
Annual vol22.0%
Annual ret+13.4%
Sharpe0.61
Max DD-21.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.18
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.15
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$565.61$568.28$557.70$567.041.98M
Aug 12$557.56$563.55$556.06$559.733.10M
Aug 11$562.71$567.63$560.00$561.442.46M
Aug 10$561.11$566.77$559.36$563.172.64M
Aug 7$572.57$572.99$561.62$562.953.02M