Mastercard (MA) closed at $637.77 on Oct 30, 2026, up 0.3% on the day. The stock is up 16.0% over the past month, up 11.7% over three months, up 12.3% year to date and up 15.8% over the past year (since Oct 30, 2025). It trades 1.0% below its 52-week high of $644.21 and 37.5% above its 52-week low of $463.74. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($586.75) and above its 200-day moving average ($534.98).
NextPick tracks MA in its Payments basket alongside V, AXP, PYPL, XYZ, ADYEY, FISV, GPN and FOUR. As of Oct 30, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 53 (inflow), and the basket is up 1.4% over five sessions. Over the past month MA ranks 2nd of 9 basket members by price change.
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 2.5% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 4 of 8.
MA options were pricing 25% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 26, 2026, an IV rank of 53 over the past year. Form 4 filings over the last 90 days show no open-market purchases and 33 open-market sales by insiders.
Over the last 8 reports, MA moved an average of 2.5% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 4 of 8 reports.
Yes — the Oct 30, 2026 close of $637.77 is 19.2% above the 200-day average of $534.98.
MA closed 1.0% below its 52-week high of $644.21.
NextPick groups MA with V, AXP, PYPL, XYZ, ADYEY, FISV, GPN and FOUR in its Payments basket.
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers products and services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; consumer bill payment services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses, including Virtual Card Number, which is generated dynamically from an existing account and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; and a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions. In addition, the company offers Mastercard Move, which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and partners with central banks, fintechs, and financial institutions, as well as enables various cross-border payment flows. Further, it provides security solutions; marketing, personalization, and issuer and merchant loyalty services; business and operational intelligence, advanced analytics and AI, consulting and agentic solutions, and payments and portfolio optimization; digital and authentication; processing and gateway solutions; and other solutions. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus names. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
