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Mastercard Inc

MANYSE

SectorFinancials

IndustryTransaction & Payment Processing Services

Beta (adjusted)0.82

Intrinsic Value $644.60median of 6 methods · middle span $456-$1,399based on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $550.00Price as of 1 Oct 2026

UndervaluedIntrinsic value is 17% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $481.8B

Enterprise Value $495.2B

Shares Outstanding 883M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date29 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend9 Jul 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Mastercard entered the second half of 2026 with strong operating momentum: second-quarter net revenue increased 14% year over year and 12% on a currency-neutral basis, while cross-border volume and switched transactions grew 12% and 9%, respectively. The completed BVNK acquisition and launches in agentic and virtual-card payments expand the addressable opportunity, but their commercial contribution and execution remain uncertain.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets38 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$550.00

Mean target$665.26

High · most bullish analyst$735.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$550.0019%

The bear case is a material slowdown from Q2 benchmarks, particularly in currency-neutral revenue, cross-border volume or switched transactions, combined with slower adoption or difficult integration of newer stablecoin and machine-payment capabilities.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$665.2658%

Matches the consensus mean

The base case assumes continued secular digital-payment adoption and resilient cross-border activity, with newer stablecoin, agentic-commerce and virtual-card initiatives contributing gradually rather than immediately.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$735.0023%

The bull case requires Mastercard to sustain at least its Q2 2026 currency-neutral revenue and cross-border growth benchmarks while converting BVNK, Agent Pay for Machines and expanded virtual-card capabilities into broader multi-rail, commercial-payment and value-added-services adoption.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Q2 2026 showed broad momentum, including 14% reported net revenue growth, 12% currency-neutral growth, 12% cross-border volume growth and 9% switched-transactions growth.
The completed BVNK acquisition adds fiat and on-chain payment infrastructure intended to support stablecoin-enabled cross-border payments, payouts, settlement and treasury flows.
Agent Pay for Machines and the expanded virtual-card platform extend Mastercard into machine-driven commerce and embedded B2B payments while emphasizing network controls and interoperability.

Key Investment Risks

Growth below the Q2 2026 benchmarks would weaken evidence that current payment-network momentum is durable.
Cross-border volume is sensitive to travel, non-travel international spending and broader economic conditions; deterioration would pressure an important growth driver.
BVNK integration and commercial adoption of stablecoin, agentic-payment and virtual-card capabilities may develop more slowly than Mastercard's strategic announcements imply.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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