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MA Mastercard Incorporated

$610.31+0.08%
Live score · Oct 28, 2026 · 21:13 UTC
Conviction
72 / 100
Favorable
Market regime: Neutral
DCF fair value$512.3916% above fair valuemodel estimate
Quality76
ROIC vs WACC · FCF yield · margins · moat · balance sheet
Setup70
trend · relative strength · RSI · accumulation · momentum
Convex2.6
demand signals · capacity · catalysts · asymmetric upside
Macro Regime2.5
liquidity · credit · breadth · volatility · sentiment
Price vs. fundamentals · 1Y
Bars = the fundamental (held per quarter); the line is price.

AlphaGrade rates Mastercard Incorporated Favorable, with a conviction of 72/100. Fundamental quality looks strong and the technical setup looks mixed, with some asymmetric upside — blended with the current market regime.

The work behind the score
Quality76
ROIC vs WACC100
Moat Strength96
FCF Yield56
Financial Health87
Debt Health61
Growth & Orders53
Execution & Delivery61
Analyst Price Target69
Setup70
Relative Strength29
Trend Health100
RSI Momentum58
Estimate Revisions95
Post-Earnings Reaction61
Valuation Blend23
Catalyst Proximity100
Insider Activity78
Analyst Sentiment60
Estimate Dispersion Velocity85
Institutional Flow (13F)85
Short-Volume Velocity51
Sector Momentum89
Convex2.6
DCF Upside30
Orders & Demand53
Capacity Constraints50
Catalyst Window100
Short Interest32
Capex Trend Acceleration45
Political Trade Flow15
Macro2.5
LiquidityCreditBreadthVolatilitySentimentLeadership
Recomputed from live fundamentals & price data — AlphaGrade blends 34 individual tests across four dimensions with the current market regime. Not a static rating.

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Is MA a buy right now?

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) has an AlphaGrade conviction of 72/100 — Favorable — as of Oct 28, 2026 · 21:13 UTC, in the current Neutral market regime. AlphaGrade rates Mastercard Incorporated Favorable, with a conviction of 72/100. Fundamental quality looks strong and the technical setup looks mixed, with some asymmetric upside — blended with the current market regime. This is a transparent, rules-based research opinion, not financial advice.

What is MA's AlphaGrade?

MA's conviction is 72/100 (Favorable), built from Quality 76/100, Setup 70/100, and Convex 2.6/5, then adjusted for the market regime.

How is the MA grade calculated?

AlphaGrade blends 34 individual tests across four dimensions — Quality (business fundamentals), Setup (technical timing), Convex (asymmetric upside), and the macro regime — recomputed from live data. The same transparent method is applied to every stock and crypto.

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