MA

Mastercard
Transaction & Payment Processing Services · Financials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$573.72
-0.1% on the session
1-year return
-1.2%
+9.0% over six months
Volatility
22.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-20.9%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Mastercard is a transaction & payment processing services name in the financials sector. Over the past year it returned -1.2%, against +15.0% over three months and +6.6% over one. It trades 8.9% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 22.3% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -20.9%, and it has traded a median $1.8B a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.18 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#39 of 76
Stronger than 49% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#172 of 500

How MA scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 8 others in Transaction & Payment Processing Services.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.1%
1 week+2.5%
1 month+6.6%
3 months+15.0%
6 months+9.0%
1 year-1.2%
12-1 momentum-7.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)22.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-20.9%
Distance vs 200-day average+8.9%
Return per unit of risk-0.05
Median daily dollar volume$1.8B
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