MA
Mastercard Incorporated
MA (Mastercard Incorporated) has a reliability-weighted signal score of 58/100 on StockMarketSignals, based on 9 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 closely watching Mastercard (MA) due to its strong financial performance, strategic market position, and recent institutional investor interest. Joseph Carlson, on December 1, 2025, in his video "I Just Bought $77,000 Of This Stock", stated that he believes Mastercard fits the mold of a desirable stock and made substantial buys, noting on April 22, 2026, in his video "Stocks Are About To Take Off, Here’s why", that it represents a 12% position in his portfolio. Several creators, including Couch Investor on August 13, 2026, in "Bill Ackman Just Bought 6 New Stocks", and New Money on August 25, 2026, in "The Super Investors Are Buying BIG.", highlighted that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square recently established new, significant positions in Mastercard, along with Visa, S&P Global, and Netflix. Felix & Friends (Goat Academy), on July 19, 2026, in "I Analyzed The ENTIRE US Stock Market. Only 11 Stocks Passed This Test.", emphasized Mastercard's "toll booth" business model, owning the "rails" for billions of transactions globally, making it difficult for competitors to replicate. Adam Khoo, on August 21, 2026, in his video "How to Know if a Stock is Cheap or Expensive? Part 2 of 2", identified Mastercard as a long-term core investment he intends to hold. Mastercard's valuation and growth prospects in the expanding card usage market are also noted by Value Investing with Sven Carlin, Ph.D. on August 19, 2026, in "Ackman's Stocks To Buy! & Strategy!". Investing in individual stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results.
Contributing creators
Source clips
"وهذا شرح من ماستركارد حول ما يقومون به في مجال العملات المستقرة. وهذا الرسم البياني يوضح بشكل جيد كيف يتطلعون لطرح هذا الأمر."
— SoFi Just Triggered a Payment Revolution
"في الواقع، معظم هذه الرسوم لا تذهب إلى " ماستركارد" أو "فيزا" أو شركات مشابهة. بل تذهب فعلياً إلى البنوك التي أصدرت بطاقة الائتمان."
— SoFi Just Triggered a Payment Revolution
"ويعقد شراكات مع شركات بطاقات ائتمان مثل " ماستركارد". لذا، تلقينا إعلاناً عن هذه الشراكة."
— SoFi Just Triggered a Payment Revolution
"لذا شركات مثل "ليندت" التي أمتلكها، وشركات مثل ماستركارد، وفيزا، وموتورولا، ومثل...هل ذكرت فيزا بالفعل؟"
— Will Rising Long Term Rates Crash Stocks?
"Look at what the president just bought. He bought Visa and Mastercard. Not telling you to buy those, but those are, you know, those kind of businesses that have a very, very stable moat"
— The Global Monetary Reset Has Begun (Hint: Gold, Bonds, Japan are Just the Start)
"পারশিং স্কয়ার এই ত্রৈমাসিকে চারটি একেবারে নতুন পজিশন খুলেছে: নেটফ্লিক্স, ভিসা, মাস্টারকার্ড এবং এসঅ্যান্ডপি গ্লোবাল।"
— The Super Investors Are Buying BIG.
"لنلقِ نظرة على أحد الأسهم التي أحتفظ بها منذ سنوات طويلة، وسأستمر في الاحتفاظ بها. إنه أحد استثماراتي الأساسية، وهو سهم ماستركارد (رمز التداول MA)."
— How to Know if a Stock is Cheap or Expensive? Part 2 of 2
"The market is expected both for Visa and Mastercard to grow as people use more cards."
— Ackman's Stocks To Buy! & Strategy!
"He bought four brand new big stocks, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, and Netflix, each landing around 5% of his fund."
— Every Stock Super Investors Are Buying Right Now (7 New Buys)
"They did, of course, add Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Netflix"
— What Superinvestors Are Buying While Everyone Else Is Panic Selling
"Mastercard, GE Vernova, AppLovin, TJX, Nextracker, Vivint Smart Home Systems, Yum! Brands, and uh FICO."
— What Superinvestors Are Buying While Everyone Else Is Panic Selling
"Top holdings are still FICO, S&P Global, Moody's, and MasterCard."
— What Superinvestors Are Buying While Everyone Else Is Panic Selling
"20% MasterCard, Moody's 10.2"
— What Superinvestors Are Buying While Everyone Else Is Panic Selling
"As for Mastercard, you can basically say the exact same thing."
— Bill Ackman Just Bought 6 New Stocks
"Visa, Mastercard, again, same but different, but still same."
— Bill Ackman Just Bought 6 New Stocks
"الآن، من ناحية أخرى، شركة مثل، لنقل، أم آه ماستركارد، على سبيل المثال، حسنًا؟"
— How to Pick Winning Stocks (The Simple Way) by Adam Khoo
"It's also an Apple, Amazon, Roblox, Reddit, Mastercard, you name it, it's all going to be affected by macro."
— I Just Bought $2,500 More of This Stock. Here's Why
"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"
— I Analyzed The ENTIRE US Stock Market. Only 11 Stocks Passed This Test.
"MasterCard is a 12% position. I've invested a lot in this one, but I'll say that the performance has been somewhat underwhelming. It's kept up, but it hasn't done exceptional yet. It's only up 12%. Then we have Meta. This one is down $4,000, otherwise 2.37%. I believe that Meta is just getting started. I believe both MasterCard and Meta are strong buys."
— Stocks Are About To Take Off, Here’s why
"For example, in my financial category, the only stock that's really doing all right is Mastercard. That one's hanging in there."
— Something Big Is Happening
"In number four, we have Mastercard and for this one, I'll group it in with Visa."
— 4 Compounding Machines To Buy Now
"If we look at a stock like MasterCard, we can look at the valuation based over its long-term history... I made multiple videos in a short amount of time saying I'm buying MasterCard, and I did buy a lot of the company right at that specific point. I bought $30,000 of MasterCard, then another 20, then another 15, and another 12. And I bought all of this within a four-day period. Most of my buys were around the range of $536."
— How To Grow A $1 Million Portfolio
"I believe there's one stock that fits the mold a bit better than the others, which is Mastercard."
— I Just Bought $77,000 Of This Stock
"The company's Mastercard. And I bought way more of it than I even said I was going to."
— I Just Bought $77,000 Of This Stock
"The buy is into the company Mastercard. And as you can see through my trading history, I've made four separate substantial buys."
— I Just Bought $77,000 Of This Stock
"For example, S&P Global is up 28,000, Mastercard 34,000 into it 21,000 and Moody's 10,000. These are good gains, but almost all of these gains came before 2025."
— 6 Stocks To Buy In An Overvalued Market
Frequently asked about MA
Is MA a buy according to finance YouTubers?
Tracked finance YouTubers are currently mildly bullish / mixed on MA (Mastercard Incorporated), giving it a reliability-weighted signal score of 58/100 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 58/100, based on 9 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 Couch Investor, Joseph Carlson, Felix & Friends (Goat Academy), Everything Money, New Money, Asymmetric Investing by Travis Hoium, and 3 more 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.