Business Services

Mastercard Incorporated vs Visa Inc.

WatchlistMA / VPrices through Oct 22, 2026

Why these are rivals: #1 and #2 by market value ($720B vs $540B) in Nasdaq's "Business Services" industry; SEC SIC 7389 / 7389 (same major group); #1 and #2 by market value ($720B vs $540B) with SEC SIC 7389 (Services-Business Services, NEC).

Rivals, but right now the price gap does not have a measured habit of closing, so there is no paper idea, whatever the gap.

  • Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -1.55 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Business leadership

V is the larger business

Annual revenue reported to the SEC. Scale, not market share.

YearMAVLarger
2025$32.8B$40.0BV
2024$28.2B$35.9BV
2023$25.1B$32.7BV
2022$22.2B$29.3BV
2021$18.9B$24.1BV
2020$15.3B$21.8BV

V led in every year with figures for both. Market value: MA $540.0B, V $719.9B.

Stock leadership

V is ahead now

Measured against the pair's own last 252 trading days.

V leads MA by 0.99 standard deviations: +3.7% over its usual price ratio. 4 lead switches in the last year.

Price change3 mo6 mo12 mo
MA+17.3%+26.0%+10.7%
V+16.5%+34.1%+19.3%
Relationship

Not a measured twin today

Only these tests can make a pair tradable on paper.

Pass
Aligned sessions: 2521 (needs >= 254)
Pass
Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: 0.87 (needs >= 0.60)
Fail
Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -1.55 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Pass
Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 35.48 (needs <= 63)
Data
Both stocks current
The twins over two years

Prices side by side, and the gap between them

MA Mastercard Incorporated V Visa Inc.Price index, 100 = 2024-10-18. Tint = which stock is ahead of the pair's usual 1-year relationship (z beyond +/-0.5).
100120140Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026MA 123V 143
Spread z-score: MA relative to V, against the 252 sessions before each day. Above 0: MA ahead; below 0: V ahead. Lines at +/-2 (idea) and +/-4 (stop).
-4stop-2idea0+2idea+4stopOct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026
Data table (504 sessions)
DateMA indexV indexzAhead
2026-10-22122.63142.57-0.99V ahead
2026-10-21120.58140.34-1.02V ahead
2026-10-20120.16139.90-1.04V ahead
2026-10-19119.38138.64-0.98V ahead
2026-10-16119.58138.53-0.92V ahead
2026-10-15119.36137.55-0.79V ahead
2026-10-14116.83134.69-0.80V ahead
2026-10-13117.13136.28-1.06V ahead
2026-10-12115.25133.94-1.04V ahead
2026-10-09114.10132.63-1.05V ahead
2026-10-08111.31129.07-0.99V ahead
2026-10-07110.40128.04-1.00V ahead
2026-10-06109.73127.53-1.07V ahead
2026-10-05109.34127.21-1.11V ahead
2026-10-02106.96124.10-1.04V ahead
2026-10-01106.52123.82-1.10V ahead
2026-09-30106.80123.64-1.00V ahead
2026-09-29109.15125.90-0.91V ahead
2026-09-28110.06126.54-0.83V ahead
2026-09-25109.94126.41-0.84V ahead
2026-09-24109.63126.62-0.96V ahead
2026-09-23108.44124.40-0.79V ahead
2026-09-22107.66124.58-1.02V ahead
2026-09-21109.94127.30-1.05V ahead
2026-09-18109.47126.73-1.05V ahead
2026-09-17109.57127.29-1.15V ahead
2026-09-16109.96127.63-1.13V ahead
2026-09-15111.03129.25-1.21V ahead
2026-09-14111.25129.13-1.14V ahead
2026-09-11110.24127.47-1.05V ahead
2026-09-10109.50126.35-1.01V ahead
2026-09-09109.91126.42-0.93V ahead
2026-09-08110.56126.85-0.87V ahead
2026-09-04112.18129.06-0.95V ahead
2026-09-03113.43130.32-0.92V ahead
2026-09-02113.91130.20-0.80V ahead
2026-09-01112.54128.23-0.73V ahead
2026-08-31114.13130.54-0.83V ahead
2026-08-28115.29131.31-0.73V ahead
2026-08-27114.60130.64-0.76V ahead
2026-08-26115.91132.10-0.76V ahead
2026-08-25116.08132.18-0.74V ahead
2026-08-24116.18131.58-0.62V ahead
2026-08-21112.45127.67-0.68V ahead
2026-08-20111.14125.84-0.62V ahead
2026-08-19111.11125.78-0.62V ahead
2026-08-18111.23125.34-0.52V ahead
2026-08-17108.89123.47-0.68V ahead
2026-08-14110.25125.30-0.74V ahead
2026-08-13109.82125.75-0.93V ahead
2026-08-12108.40123.67-0.84V ahead
2026-08-11108.73124.84-1.01V ahead
2026-08-10109.07124.33-0.84V ahead
2026-08-07109.03124.73-0.93V ahead
2026-08-06111.54127.48-0.92V ahead
2026-08-05110.49126.81-1.03V ahead
2026-08-04110.61127.17-1.08V ahead
2026-08-03110.58125.82-0.83V ahead
2026-07-31110.99125.98-0.77V ahead
2026-07-30111.82126.03-0.61V ahead
2026-07-29109.10126.88-1.38V ahead
2026-07-28108.99126.14-1.27V ahead
2026-07-27106.85124.74-1.49V ahead
2026-07-24104.52122.41-1.58V ahead
2026-07-23102.70120.98-1.73V ahead
2026-07-22103.03121.61-1.80V ahead
2026-07-21104.25122.43-1.69V ahead
2026-07-20106.02124.07-1.61V ahead
2026-07-17105.28123.38-1.66V ahead
2026-07-16106.82125.64-1.77V ahead
2026-07-15103.65122.20-1.84V ahead
2026-07-14104.20122.50-1.78V ahead
2026-07-13104.14123.10-1.94V ahead
2026-07-10102.01120.08-1.85V ahead
2026-07-09101.33119.81-1.98V ahead
2026-07-08100.68119.58-2.13V ahead
2026-07-07102.96121.19-1.90V ahead
2026-07-06103.25122.93-2.24V ahead
2026-07-02104.46124.61-2.31V ahead
2026-07-01101.18120.80-2.37V ahead
2026-06-3099.47118.05-2.23V ahead
2026-06-2998.70117.56-2.36V ahead
2026-06-2696.65115.69-2.54V ahead
2026-06-2594.69113.73-2.68V ahead
2026-06-2495.75114.32-2.54V ahead
2026-06-2394.52113.03-2.62V ahead
2026-06-2293.75112.38-2.74V ahead
2026-06-1894.86112.60-2.48V ahead
2026-06-1795.48113.68-2.62V ahead
2026-06-1697.09114.62-2.39V ahead
2026-06-1595.02111.42-2.20V ahead
2026-06-1294.89110.93-2.13V ahead
2026-06-1194.22109.78-2.05V ahead
2026-06-1094.72111.13-2.29V ahead
2026-06-0995.91111.85-2.12V ahead
2026-06-0894.06110.00-2.24V ahead
2026-06-0595.11111.34-2.30V ahead
2026-06-0493.30110.17-2.62V ahead
2026-06-0391.33107.49-2.55V ahead
2026-06-0292.51109.19-2.69V ahead
2026-06-0195.92111.06-2.06V ahead
2026-05-2995.67112.30-2.56V ahead
2026-05-2895.62111.81-2.46V ahead
2026-05-2795.87112.73-2.70V ahead
2026-05-2695.48112.34-2.77V ahead
2026-05-2296.55113.16-2.67V ahead
2026-05-2196.76113.94-2.88V ahead
2026-05-2096.46113.81-3.02V ahead
2026-05-1996.78113.52-2.85V ahead
2026-05-1897.96114.46-2.74V ahead
2026-05-1595.71112.09-2.88V ahead
2026-05-1494.89110.98-2.89V ahead
2026-05-1395.02110.22-2.60V ahead
2026-05-1296.80112.32-2.66V ahead
2026-05-1196.41111.44-2.54V ahead
2026-05-0895.96109.69-2.11V ahead
2026-05-0797.02110.55-2.00V ahead
2026-05-0695.26109.70-2.47V ahead
2026-05-0596.27110.81-2.49V ahead
2026-05-0497.75112.47-2.50V ahead
2026-05-0195.96112.87-3.54V ahead
2026-04-3097.40113.50-3.18V ahead
2026-04-29101.72115.22-1.91V ahead
2026-04-2898.31106.43+0.13near the usual relationship
2026-04-2798.08106.55-0.02near the usual relationship
2026-04-2497.64106.47-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-04-2397.30106.28-0.26near the usual relationship
2026-04-2298.80107.11+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-04-2199.03106.65+0.39near the usual relationship
2026-04-20100.06108.02+0.28near the usual relationship
2026-04-17100.96109.08+0.25near the usual relationship
2026-04-16100.43108.42+0.30near the usual relationship
2026-04-15100.70108.70+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-04-1499.38107.14+0.37near the usual relationship
2026-04-1398.50106.46+0.27near the usual relationship
2026-04-1096.58104.73+0.14near the usual relationship
2026-04-0997.53106.08+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-04-0898.21106.31+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-04-0796.50104.11+0.37near the usual relationship
2026-04-0697.13104.37+0.53MA ahead
2026-04-0295.56103.50+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-04-0195.22102.71+0.39near the usual relationship
2026-03-3196.77104.00+0.54MA ahead
2026-03-3095.67103.07+0.45near the usual relationship
2026-03-2793.78101.69+0.21near the usual relationship
2026-03-2696.98105.13+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-03-2597.37104.92+0.46near the usual relationship
2026-03-2496.63104.52+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-03-2396.91104.76+0.34near the usual relationship
2026-03-2096.12103.79+0.39near the usual relationship
2026-03-1995.12103.13+0.24near the usual relationship
2026-03-1894.60102.89+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-03-1798.11106.14+0.33near the usual relationship
2026-03-1698.48106.71+0.28near the usual relationship
2026-03-1396.45105.68-0.15near the usual relationship
2026-03-1296.31105.46-0.12near the usual relationship
2026-03-1197.61106.31+0.09near the usual relationship
2026-03-1099.69108.19+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-03-09100.27108.72+0.27near the usual relationship
2026-03-06101.16109.20+0.44near the usual relationship
2026-03-05101.61110.04+0.33near the usual relationship
2026-03-04101.27110.27+0.13near the usual relationship
2026-03-03101.55110.40+0.19near the usual relationship
2026-03-02100.90110.28-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-02-27100.17110.16-0.24near the usual relationship
2026-02-2699.70108.97-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-02-2598.65107.70+0.04near the usual relationship
2026-02-2496.45105.71-0.11near the usual relationship
2026-02-2396.07105.47-0.17near the usual relationship
2026-02-20101.95110.44+0.34near the usual relationship
2026-02-19100.76109.74+0.14near the usual relationship
2026-02-18102.25110.21+0.53MA ahead
2026-02-17101.08109.94+0.20near the usual relationship
2026-02-13100.39108.07+0.59MA ahead
2026-02-12102.15111.55+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-02-11104.09113.29+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-02-10104.66112.92+0.51MA ahead
2026-02-09103.68112.03+0.45near the usual relationship
2026-02-06106.27114.09+0.70MA ahead
2026-02-05106.88113.25+1.20MA ahead
2026-02-04107.20113.53+1.23MA ahead
2026-02-03106.66113.18+1.16MA ahead
2026-02-02107.56114.87+0.92MA ahead
2026-01-30104.35110.74+1.16MA ahead
2026-01-29105.30114.17+0.35near the usual relationship
2026-01-28100.97112.51-0.69V ahead
2026-01-27100.79111.92-0.56V ahead
2026-01-26102.13113.03-0.43near the usual relationship
2026-01-23101.63112.24-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-01-22103.20112.30+0.21near the usual relationship
2026-01-21102.17111.93-0.05near the usual relationship
2026-01-20102.98112.11+0.19near the usual relationship
2026-01-16104.48112.97+0.45near the usual relationship
2026-01-15105.10112.78+0.73MA ahead
2026-01-14105.90113.26+0.86MA ahead
2026-01-13105.55112.82+0.89MA ahead
2026-01-12109.67118.09+0.61MA ahead
2026-01-09111.47120.35+0.50MA ahead
2026-01-08112.34121.20+0.54MA ahead
2026-01-07112.31122.46+0.13near the usual relationship
2026-01-06112.39123.03-0.02near the usual relationship
2026-01-05110.12121.74-0.40near the usual relationship
2026-01-02109.06119.22+0.02near the usual relationship
2025-12-31110.56120.68+0.07near the usual relationship
2025-12-30111.83121.68+0.19near the usual relationship
2025-12-29111.92122.02+0.11near the usual relationship
2025-12-26112.25122.15+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-12-24112.22122.20+0.15near the usual relationship
2025-12-23111.62121.60+0.13near the usual relationship
2025-12-22111.50121.15+0.22near the usual relationship
2025-12-19110.82120.17+0.29near the usual relationship
2025-12-18109.66119.06+0.24near the usual relationship
2025-12-17109.52118.51+0.36near the usual relationship
2025-12-16109.62118.75+0.32near the usual relationship
2025-12-15110.22119.36+0.32near the usual relationship
2025-12-12110.77119.69+0.40near the usual relationship
2025-12-11109.11118.93+0.07near the usual relationship
2025-12-10104.36112.08+0.60MA ahead
2025-12-09104.11112.35+0.42near the usual relationship
2025-12-08104.67112.46+0.58MA ahead
2025-12-05105.65113.98+0.43near the usual relationship
2025-12-04105.03112.55+0.66MA ahead
2025-12-03107.24113.42+1.13MA ahead
2025-12-02105.73113.42+0.62MA ahead
2025-12-01105.35113.68+0.40near the usual relationship
2025-11-28106.62115.08+0.39near the usual relationship
2025-11-26105.54114.85+0.09near the usual relationship
2025-11-25105.84115.11+0.11near the usual relationship
2025-11-24104.17113.31+0.11near the usual relationship
2025-11-21104.66112.86+0.41near the usual relationship
2025-11-20102.23111.41+0.04near the usual relationship
2025-11-19102.72111.53+0.16near the usual relationship
2025-11-18102.18110.52+0.29near the usual relationship
2025-11-17103.97112.09+0.40near the usual relationship
2025-11-14105.69113.56+0.51MA ahead
2025-11-13107.60115.64+0.50MA ahead
2025-11-12108.69116.61+0.55MA ahead
2025-11-11108.14116.62+0.37near the usual relationship
2025-11-10107.09115.22+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-11-07106.90115.62+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-11-06107.15115.95+0.23near the usual relationship
2025-11-05107.16117.01-0.08near the usual relationship
2025-11-04107.05117.09-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-11-03105.37115.92-0.35near the usual relationship
2025-10-31106.90117.25-0.25near the usual relationship
2025-10-30107.23118.72-0.56V ahead
2025-10-29107.41117.43-0.18near the usual relationship
2025-10-28109.60119.37-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-10-27110.85119.68+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-10-24111.10119.53+0.27near the usual relationship
2025-10-23111.12119.04+0.38near the usual relationship
2025-10-22110.66118.84+0.30near the usual relationship
2025-10-21110.79119.47+0.17near the usual relationship
2025-10-20109.69118.51+0.11near the usual relationship
2025-10-17108.64117.64+0.03near the usual relationship
2025-10-16106.50115.41+0.00near the usual relationship
2025-10-15109.00118.95-0.20near the usual relationship
2025-10-14109.99119.87-0.17near the usual relationship
2025-10-13108.31118.13-0.20near the usual relationship
2025-10-10107.97118.25-0.31near the usual relationship
2025-10-09109.34119.41-0.25near the usual relationship
2025-10-08111.64120.90-0.04near the usual relationship
2025-10-07112.30121.26+0.02near the usual relationship
2025-10-06112.10120.18+0.19near the usual relationship
2025-10-03112.42120.38+0.22near the usual relationship
2025-10-02111.81119.04+0.35near the usual relationship
2025-10-01111.12119.69+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-09-30110.16117.47+0.29near the usual relationship
2025-09-29110.03117.05+0.33near the usual relationship
2025-09-26109.45116.09+0.39near the usual relationship
2025-09-25109.87115.25+0.65MA ahead
2025-09-24110.16116.54+0.45near the usual relationship
2025-09-23110.39116.54+0.49near the usual relationship
2025-09-22113.20118.49+0.69MA ahead
2025-09-19113.13117.55+0.87MA ahead
2025-09-18113.50116.37+1.18MA ahead
2025-09-17115.94119.12+1.13MA ahead
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2025-09-10112.21116.34+0.92MA ahead
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2025-09-08113.61117.78+0.92MA ahead
2025-09-05113.15118.10+0.76MA ahead
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2025-09-03114.90120.73+0.59MA ahead
2025-09-02114.63120.46+0.59MA ahead
2025-08-29115.29121.04+0.60MA ahead
2025-08-28114.36120.38+0.54MA ahead
2025-08-27114.39120.55+0.51MA ahead
2025-08-26114.58120.84+0.48near the usual relationship
2025-08-25114.89120.03+0.70MA ahead
2025-08-22116.00120.45+0.83MA ahead
2025-08-21114.64118.26+0.98MA ahead
2025-08-20114.78118.34+0.99MA ahead
2025-08-19113.40117.83+0.80MA ahead
2025-08-18113.13117.93+0.73MA ahead
2025-08-15112.66118.53+0.51MA ahead
2025-08-14113.06118.88+0.52MA ahead
2025-08-13111.92117.87+0.48near the usual relationship
2025-08-12111.20115.87+0.71MA ahead
2025-08-11111.09115.58+0.74MA ahead
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2025-08-07108.69114.27+0.51MA ahead
2025-08-06110.22116.90+0.31near the usual relationship
2025-08-05109.63116.11+0.33near the usual relationship
2025-08-04110.36117.73+0.17near the usual relationship
2025-08-01108.43116.77-0.04near the usual relationship
2025-07-31109.71118.87-0.18near the usual relationship
2025-07-30108.28120.75-0.81V ahead
2025-07-29109.10120.88-0.68V ahead
2025-07-28110.06122.31-0.75V ahead
2025-07-25110.05122.85-0.86V ahead
2025-07-24109.13121.80-0.86V ahead
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2025-07-14107.10120.60-1.10V ahead
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2025-07-10109.14122.46-1.04V ahead
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2025-07-08108.93122.00-1.01V ahead
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2025-07-03110.25123.48-1.02V ahead
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2025-07-01109.35122.31-1.00V ahead
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2025-06-27106.58119.95-1.16V ahead
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2025-06-25106.46118.80-0.98V ahead
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2025-06-20103.22116.50-1.26V ahead
2025-06-18104.34117.12-1.14V ahead
2025-06-17110.29123.13-1.02V ahead
2025-06-16110.13122.32-0.90V ahead
2025-06-13108.85121.41-1.00V ahead
2025-06-12114.13127.80-1.10V ahead
2025-06-11114.41128.45-1.17V ahead
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2025-06-06114.29127.39-1.01V ahead
2025-06-05113.38126.20-0.98V ahead
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2025-06-03112.71125.89-1.07V ahead
2025-06-02112.57125.70-1.07V ahead
2025-05-30113.41125.66-0.89V ahead
2025-05-29111.90124.70-1.03V ahead
2025-05-28111.54123.78-0.93V ahead
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2025-05-23109.15121.65-1.05V ahead
2025-05-22110.42123.17-1.07V ahead
2025-05-21110.30123.29-1.13V ahead
2025-05-20112.54126.23-1.22V ahead
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2025-05-13111.67122.54-0.70V ahead
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2024-12-31101.98108.75-0.47near the usual relationship
2024-12-30101.78108.50-0.45near the usual relationship
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2024-12-20102.26109.32-0.53V ahead
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2024-12-12103.11108.12+0.12near the usual relationship
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2024-11-29103.21108.42+0.12near the usual relationship
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2024-11-2199.76106.63-0.39near the usual relationship
2024-11-2099.26105.77-0.29near the usual relationship
2024-11-19100.60107.31-0.32near the usual relationship
2024-11-18101.02107.41-0.22near the usual relationship
2024-11-15101.07106.54+0.05near the usual relationship
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2024-11-07100.30105.22+0.23near the usual relationship
2024-11-06100.93105.77+0.26near the usual relationship
2024-11-0597.91100.92+0.76MA ahead
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2024-10-3196.7699.74+0.78MA ahead
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2024-10-2299.3697.99+2.21MA ahead
2024-10-2199.7498.70+2.14MA ahead
2024-10-18100.00100.00+1.85MA ahead

One-day company-specific moves (4+ standard deviations, which block ideas for 10 sessions): Oct 31, 2024 (MA -2.7%, V -0.1%); Jul 31, 2025 (MA +1.3%, V -1.6%); Jan 29, 2026 (MA +4.3%, V +1.5%); Apr 29, 2026 (MA +3.5%, V +8.3%); Apr 30, 2026 (MA -4.3%, V -1.5%); Jul 30, 2026 (MA +2.5%, V -0.7%). Upcoming earnings: V Oct 27, 2026 (after-hours); MA Oct 29, 2026 (pre-market).

Paired trades

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Forward paper record

No paper position on this pair yet.

Historical simulation (a diagnostic, same rules)

3 simulated trades to Oct 20, 2026: +1.51% per trade on average after costs, 2 won.

LegsEnteredExitedWhyDaysBefore costsCosts + borrowAfter costs
Long MA · Short VOct 28, 2022Nov 14, 2022converged17$612.33-$26.28$587.88 (+5.88%)
Long V · Short MAAug 3, 2020Aug 28, 2020divergence stop25-$436.96-$28.90-$468.52 (-4.68%)
Long V · Short MAJan 14, 2020Mar 10, 2020converged56$369.06-$29.93$333.23 (+3.33%)

Per $10,000 a leg. A replay on today's companies cannot prove an edge.

The companies

MA and V at a glance

MA Mastercard Incorporated

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 1141391
Industry
Business Services · SIC 7389 Services-Business Services, NEC
Market value
$540.0B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

V Visa Inc.

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 1403161
Industry
Business Services · SIC 7389 Services-Business Services, NEC
Market value
$719.9B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

Daily prices: Nasdaq.com. Filings and industry codes: SEC EDGAR. Earnings dates: Nasdaq earnings calendar.

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