Mastercard Incorporated MA

567.65 1.57 0.28% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$494.4B
P/E
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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Free cash flow margin

Mastercard Incorporated's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 45.5%, down 4.6 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 13.0% and above the Financial sector median of 15.6%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

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 47.2%
MA Mastercard Incorporated 45.5%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 41.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 37.7%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 28.8%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 23.3%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 19.4%
AXP American Express Company compare 17.9%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare −157.6%
Credit Services industry median 13.0%
Financial sector median 15.6%
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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