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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewMastercard Incorporated

Listed on NYSE • Financial Services / Financial - Credit Services
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MA Company Overview & Business Description

Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers other payment-related products and services. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; prepaid programs and management services; commercial credit and debit payment products and solutions; and payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts. It also provides value-added products and services comprising cyber and intelligence solutions for parties to transact, as well as proprietary insights, drawing on principled use of consumer, and merchant data services. In addition, the company offers analytics, test and learn, consulting, managed services, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants. Further, it provides open banking and digital identity platforms services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

Key Information

Symbol: MA
CEO: Michael Miebach
Exchange: NYSE
CIK: 0001141391
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for MA

An assessment of the current trend environment for MA, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for MA is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently trending at a healthy distance, sitting 2.17 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • Technical Update: Price has breached a key Fractal High, confirming a structural breakout to the upside.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, MA in a strong expansion phase; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: MA last closed at 579.45, trading 1.2 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (568.55). Technical Classification: Confirmed High-Momentum Uptrend.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 95/100. Classification: Strong/Established. Alignment: High. Logic: Full multi-timeframe alignment with strong momentum filters.

SuperTrend Risk: Structural Support: Adaptive SuperTrend at 539.93. This level serves as the calculated invalidation point for the current upward structure.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Constructive Upside. Daily and weekly trends are in high-quality alignment with healthy momentum. Risk skew favors continued upside follow-through from current levels.

Key Levels: In this bullish structure, key support is anchored by immediate support (KAMA) at 568.55, with the critical trend-guard (SuperTrend) at 539.93.

MA Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:45 PM EST)

Price
577.53
Change
1.83002
Change %
0.32%
Open
575.89
Previous Close
575.7
High
581.72
Low
575.76
Volume
550,110
Market Cap
522,093,985,792
EV/EBITDA
26.75

MA Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:45 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
891,258,183
FloatShares
890,111,444
Float Ratio
99.87%
Shares Short
6,437,747
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
0.72%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
2.23 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
0.52%
Held Percent Institutions
90.89%