Mastercard stock holds near its yearly high after new Buy calls

Published on 09/20/2026 at 13:49 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Bernstein kept Mastercard at Buy and set a USD 710 target on September 19, 2026. MarketBeat showed USD 564.39, a USD 494.41 billion market cap and a 52-week range of USD 464.52 to USD 601.23.

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Mastercard stock (ISIN US57636Q1040) traded at USD 564.39 on the NYSE on September 18, 2026, with a market capitalization of USD 494.41 billion and a 52-week range of USD 464.52 to USD 601.23. The price sat close to the top end of that range, while the stock was down 0.24 percent on the session.

Buy calls frame the move

According to The Globe and Mail on September 19, 2026, Bernstein analyst Harshita Rawat kept a Buy rating on Mastercard and set a price target of USD 710.00. The same report said the shares closed last Friday at USD 564.95, close to the 52-week high of USD 582.23.

That target is 26 percent above the quoted close in the same report, and RBC Capital also kept a Buy rating at USD 696.00 on September 9, 2026, according to the same article.

Latest quarter still sets the base

MarketBeat said Mastercard reported USD 5.04 in earnings per share for the quarter ended July 30, 2026, beating the consensus estimate of USD 4.77 by USD 0.27. The same page said quarterly revenue rose 14.1 percent from the year-earlier quarter.

MarketBeat also listed annual sales of USD 32.79 billion, trailing net income of USD 14.97 billion and a trailing net margin of 46.34 percent. For investors, that margin is the key number because it shows how much of the payment volume story still drops through to profit.

Price stays elevated

Mastercard stock ended the latest session at USD 564.39 on the NYSE, with volume of 5.44 million shares and a previous close of USD 565.73, according to MarketBeat. The 52-week band of USD 464.52 to USD 601.23 leaves the shares trading in the upper part of the range.