MA
Mastercard Incorporated
MA (Mastercard Incorporated) has a reliability-weighted signal score of 63/100 on StockMarketSignals, based on 6 finance YouTubers over a rolling 14-day window. The score reflects how strongly tracked creators are currently bullish or bearish on MA, weighted by each channel's reliability.
Why analysts are watching it
Analysts are watching Mastercard (MA) as a "quality company" and an "undervalued" stock, with The Patient Investor noting on May 24, 2026, that it was down 12% at the time, making it available for the same price as a few months prior. Couch Investor, on August 13, 2026, and Everything Money, on August 18, 2026, highlighted that superinvestors like Bill Ackman have recently bought Mastercard, with Everything Money reporting that it accounts for around 5% of his fund. Daniel Pronk observed on May 27, 2026, that despite the S&P 500's rise, Mastercard, "a worldclass business" with "60% operating margins" and a "toll booth on the global economy," was down 14% over the last year. On July 19, 2026, Felix & Friends (Goat Academy) emphasized Mastercard "owns the rails" for global transactions, securing a "sliver" of every payment, a network difficult to replicate overnight, while Value Investing with Sven Carlin, Ph.D. added on August 19, 2026, that the market expects growth as more people use cards. However, The Patient Investor also mentioned on June 15, 2026, potential threats like the EU developing a rival product and that it doesn't benefit from high APRs, which could cause lower transaction volumes. Investing in individual stocks carries inherent risks.
Contributing creators
Source clips
"The market is expected both for Visa and Mastercard to grow as people use more cards."
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"He bought four brand new big stocks, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, and Netflix, each landing around 5% of his fund."
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"They did, of course, add Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Netflix"
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"Mastercard, GE Vernova, AppLovin, TJX, Nextracker, Vivint Smart Home Systems, Yum! Brands, and uh FICO."
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"Top holdings are still FICO, S&P Global, Moody's, and MasterCard."
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"20% MasterCard, Moody's 10.2"
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"As for Mastercard, you can basically say the exact same thing."
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"Visa, Mastercard, again, same but different, but still same."
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"It's also an Apple, Amazon, Roblox, Reddit, Mastercard, you name it, it's all going to be affected by macro."
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"Let's look at PayPal and Mastercard. Both of them process billions of dollars, but there is a big difference. Mastercard owns the rails. It's a toll booth sitting on top of a huge percentage of the transactions on Earth. I don't think I go through out a day without using a Mastercard. So every time you tap your card or your phone or whatever, anywhere in the world, Mastercard gets a sliver. And nobody can build a competing network overnight. Try getting credit cards into the hands of millions of"
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"Here's some different examples of businesses that met my criteria and actually made it into the Fortress Index, Visa, and Mastercard, which are the rails that global commerce runs on."
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"MasterCard doesn't benefit from the 10% APR or 20%."
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"which would then in turn cause lower volumes for Visa and MasterCard, okay?"
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"the EU coming up with a new product to rival Visa and MasterCard."
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"So, I believe MasterCard is undervalued."
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"Now, most people know that MasterCard is just a business that has to do with payments, where they get a fee on each payment that you make"
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"Could you get all those benefits that MasterCard's giving you?"
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"Now, the second one is MasterCard, which I was against MasterCard, and I told you guys it's overvalued relative to Visa, and I was right because Visa has been outperforming MasterCard so far."
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"Recently on my [339s] channel, I shared a heat map of the S&P [389s] 500 on one of the days. It was just some [291s] random day, but it has been the theme [294s] recently where the S&P 500 has been [296s] continuing to rise higher and higher and [298s] higher from a very small group of [301s] stocks. I'll actually put a screenshot [304s] on your screen right now that shows [306s] since the sell-off that happened, I [308s] believe it was just a couple of months [309s] ago. The entire rally in the"
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"MasterCard, DoorDash, Airbnb, Louis Vuitton, Alibaba, Paycom, T Rowe Price, Ulta Beauty, Target, Tractor Supply, Chipotle, Otis Elevator Company, Hershey, Visa, Poolcorp, Disney, Microsoft, and Adobe."
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"Birkshshire completely sold out of United Health, Visa, and Mastercard."
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"But the other companies [1178s] like Visa, Mastercard, Birkshacre, [1181s] Microsoft, Nvidia, even Amazon, Consumer [1184s] Defensives, Healthcare, and even some [1187s] utilities are all being left behind."
— How I'm Investing With The Market at All Time Highs
"So this person [1277s] says, "Fully exited Mastercard today. [1280s] Sad to see it go. Honestly, Mastercard [1282s] is still a worldclass business. 60% [1285s] operating margins, 175 billion [1287s] transactions per year, a toll booth on [1289s] the global economy. But look at the [1291s] chart. Mastercard over the last year is [1293s] down 14% whereas the S&P 500 is up 25%."
— How I'm Investing With The Market at All Time Highs
"Mastercard is another quality company. Again, get a dip on Mastercard. Now you could buy Mastercard for the same price you could have buy it at a few months ago. And Mastercard is down 12%"
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Frequently asked about MA
Is MA a buy according to finance YouTubers?
Tracked finance YouTubers are currently bullish on MA (Mastercard Incorporated), giving it a reliability-weighted signal score of 63/100 on StockMarketSignals. This reflects creator sentiment over a rolling 14-day window and is not investment advice.
What is MA's reliability score?
MA has a StockMarketSignals reliability score of 63/100, based on 6 finance YouTubers. Scores above 60 indicate net-bullish creator sentiment, while scores below 40 indicate net-bearish sentiment.
Which finance YouTubers cover MA?
MA has been covered by Value Investing with Sven Carlin, Ph.D., Everything Money, Couch Investor, Felix & Friends (Goat Academy), Daniel Pronk, The Patient Investor on StockMarketSignals. Each creator is weighted by a reliability score based on the historical accuracy of their past calls.
How is the MA signal calculated?
The MA signal aggregates every tracked YouTuber mention, weighting each by the creator's reliability and decaying older mentions over a 90-day window. Bullish mentions push the score above 50, bearish mentions below it.