The medium-term "MA stock price forecast" points to growth supported by solid fundamentals, including consistent EPS beats and strategic partnerships expanding Mastercard’s fintech reach. A Bloomberg report also said that Ma had returned to the company and is now more involved than he's been in five years. Ma had provoked the crackdown from Beijing after he insulted some finance ministers at a conference. Mastercard has a consensus price target of $616.50. Economic resilience in consumer credit markets is pushing the "MA stock price forecast" upward, particularly in regions showing double-digit payment growth.