Mastercard Incorporated

MA Financial Credit Services

Mastercard Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $32.8 billion, up 16.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.0%
EPS
+21.6%
Free cash flow
−10.3%
Total debt
+26.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

656.23 0.31 +0.05%
Market cap
$571.4B
P/E
34.2×
Fwd P/E
32.5×
Dividend yield
0.53%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Free cash flow margin

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Mastercard Incorporated's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 42.5%, down 7.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (50.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 38.3% (fiscal 2018) to 50.1% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 8.73% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 50.1% 1.88
FY2024 48.2% 4.83
FY2023 43.4% (2.01)
FY2022 45.4% (0.39)
FY2021 45.8% 3.21
FY2020 42.6% (1.57)
FY2019 44.2% 5.91
FY2018 38.3% (3.69)
FY2017 41.9% 2.45
FY2016 39.5% 0.61

Against its own ten years

Low 38.3% High 50.1%
Ten-year median 43.4%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
V Visa Inc. compare 48.1%
MA Mastercard Incorporated 42.5%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 41.2%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 33.1%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 30.9%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 18.4%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 17.8%
AXP American Express Company compare 16.3%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare −167.0%
Credit Services industry median 8.73%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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