MA

Mastercard
Transaction & Payment Processing Services · Financials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$564.59
+2.2% on the session
1-year return
-1.6%
+13.0% over six months
Volatility
22.5%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-18.5%
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 -1.6%, against +6.4% over three months and -3.6% over one. It trades 6.3% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 22.5% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -18.5%, and it has traded a median $1.5B a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.17 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#9 of 74
Stronger than 89% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#132 of 496

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 7 others in Transaction & Payment Processing Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.2%
1 week-0.6%
1 month-3.6%
3 months+6.4%
6 months+13.0%
1 year-1.6%
12-1 momentum+2.1%
Volatility (1y, annualized)22.5%
Max drawdown (1y)-18.5%
Distance vs 200-day average+6.3%
Return per unit of risk-0.07
Median daily dollar volume$1.5B
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