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Mastercard Incorporated

$MA·$541B·Financial - Credit Services·Financial Services
$617.42+0.2%YTD+6.0%1Y+12.3%
Price updated 13h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
MAMA
$MAMastercard Incorporated
$617.42+0.18%707 posts1.5×
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $MA on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

707X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $MA's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 95% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-10-02

Mastercard is bullish on a long-cycle compounder narrative — $MA has bought back +20% of all shares in the last 10 years, pays $3.31/share TTM dividend on only 18% of FCF (elite dividend-growth runway since the 2006 IPO), and Bill Ackman highlighted it among 7 Pershing Square "compounders" with 20%+ projected annual earnings growth. No bearish voice in the sample.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $MA — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

A boring compounder in agentic-commerce drag, printing 58% operating margins — the setup bulls underweight because it's so quiet.

Mastercard is a global payments network — the duopoly rail with Visa — and the current narrative tweak is agentic commerce: AI agents making supplier and consumer payments, which Mastercard is intentionally positioning for with trust services and embedded commercial payments products.

  • The underlying economics are elite and improving: Q2 revenue grew 16% YoY to $8.4B at a 58% operating margin with EPS beats of 5-6% on each of the last two prints — this is the kind of multi-year compounding profile Pershing Square's Bill Ackman explicitly cited.
  • The capital allocation keeps paying holders: 20% of shares retired over the last decade and a $3.31 TTM dividend consuming just 18% of free cash flow — the balance of 'return cash and reinvest' is doing most of the long-term work.

At 64% of its 52-week range going into Oct 29 earnings, the setup is cleaner than the -3% YTD implies. A clean cross-border volume print plus any specific agentic-commerce ARR number is the catch-up trigger; a soft cross-border number is the one real near-term risk given global-travel sensitivity.

Agrees with X sentimentThe compounder/Ackman bull read is well-grounded and the operating-margin pedigree speaks for itself. The absence of a bear voice is accurate in this case — the only real risk is that the stock is too quiet to catch an earnings bid.

What to watch: Oct 29 Q3 earnings — cross-border volume, switched transactions growth, and any disclosed agentic-commerce metric. Cross-border holding mid-teens plus any new agentic-commerce ARR is the trigger; cross-border decel is the invalidation.

On the calendar: 2026-10-29 — Q3 earnings

event ahead 30dcompounder

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates the second-largest global card payment network, earning transaction fees on cross-border and domestic spending.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Financial - Credit Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MA.

Financial - Credit Services · Financial Services

No material change from last week — AI-driven underwriting (Upstart, SoFi) and BNPL (Affirm, Klarna) continue reshaping consumer credit while Visa and Mastercard card networks hold on premium-spend mix.

What this means for $MA

Neutral — Operates the second-largest global card payment network, earning transaction fees on cross-border and domestic spending.

Industry benchmark

19-name peer basket
-15.9%YTD
-19.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
28.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
51.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
59.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
4.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
12.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
206%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
83.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
2.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 30, 2026$5.04$4.77+5.7%
Q1 2026Apr 30, 2026$4.60$4.41+4.3%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$4.76$4.24+12.3%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$4.38$4.32+1.4%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $5.16

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$8.4B+15.8%75.7%58.4%$4.35$2.8B
Q4 FY25$8.8B+17.6%100%61.5%$4.53$4.8B
Q3 FY25$8.6B+16.7%78.0%58.8%$4.35$5.5B
Q2 FY25$8.1B+16.8%77.2%58.7%$4.07$4.6B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 28 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$37.3B$37.1B – $37.5B$19.96$19.70 – $20.2628
FY27$42.0B$41.4B – $42.5B$23.10$22.50 – $23.7228
FY28$47.0B$45.0B – $48.6B$26.87$24.99 – $28.0325
FY29$53.1B$52.0B – $53.9B$30.95$30.18 – $31.5812
FY30$58.3B$57.2B – $59.2B$35.19$34.31 – $35.9112

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.98%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+5.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+13.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 868.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.765-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellOct 12Julius GenachowskiDirector370 sh$218KSellOct 9Julius GenachowskiDirector371 sh$217KSellSep 2Sachin J. MehraChief Business Officer3.3K sh$1.9MSellAug 31Kirkpatrick Linda PistecchiaChief Services Officer923 sh$548KSellAug 20Sachin J. MehraChief Business Officer1.0K sh$572KSellAug 19Sachin J. MehraChief Business Officer7.4K sh$4.3MSellAug 17Kirkpatrick Linda PistecchiaChief Services Officer1.2K sh$673KSellAug 5Sachin J. MehraChief Business Officer3.0K sh$1.7MSellAug 5Michael MiebachCEO15.4K sh$8.8MSellAug 4Kirkpatrick Linda PistecchiaChief Services Officer4.3K sh$2.4M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 53
AI summary

Dimitrios Dosis, Mastercard's Chief Commercial Payments Officer, filed an initial Form 3 on August 5, 2026 reporting beneficial ownership as of August 3, 2026. He directly holds 11,559.657 Class A shares including 3,783 RSUs vesting through 2029, 2,909 earned PSUs settling March 2027, and three employee stock option tranches (567 options at $476.63 expiring 2034, 1,660 at $576.31 expiring 2035, and 2,067 at $517.21 expiring 2036). This is a routine Section 16 administrative filing confirming Dosis's new senior officer role at Mastercard.

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 53
AI summary

Christopher Daniel Mullett, Mastercard's Corporate Controller, filed an initial Form 3 on August 5, 2026 reporting beneficial ownership as of August 3, 2026. He directly holds 1,715.195 Class A shares consisting of 914 RSUs vesting in installments through March 2028; no derivative securities were reported. This is the second of two Form 3s filed by new Mastercard officers on the same date — a routine Section 16 administrative disclosure with no strategic implications.

8-KShareholder voteJun 178-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Mastercard Incorporated held its annual meeting of stockholders on June 16, 2026, with 785,352,547 Class A shares represented. All 11 director nominees were elected, including CEO Michael Miebach (735.9M for), with the most-contested election being Merit E. Janow (695.4M for, 44.3M against). Routine annual meeting — directors elected, auditor and executive compensation proposals likely ratified. This is standard governance with no material strategic impact, though Julius Genachowski's relatively higher against-vote (79.7M) is notable.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 28-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Mastercard announced a planned senior leadership restructuring effective August 3, 2026: CFO Sachin Mehra (55) transitions to Chief Business Officer overseeing global country operations, while Ling Hai (56), current President Asia Pacific/EMEA, is promoted to CFO. Ling Hai joined Mastercard in 2010. Routine succession with no financial impact; the reorganization merges regional go-to-market under unified commercial leadership.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 78-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

MA disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-05-07). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. Chief Financial Officer, Technology and Regional Controller, Asia Pacific. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

+ 10 other (3 proxys · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 routine 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Coca-Cola, Visa and Mastercard Hit Records as Investors Rotate Out of Chip Stocksbarrons.com·20h agoWill MasterCard (MA) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?zacks.com·21h agoU.S. raises Mastercard, Citigroup China market access in bilateral Bangkok talks, official sayscnbc.com·22h agoMastercard Now Lets Banks Hold Stablecoins and Dollars in One Account. What Changes for Customers?247wallst.com·1d agoWhy MasterCard (MA) Outpaced the Stock Market Todayzacks.com·2d ago

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