Mastercard Incorporated MA

567.65 1.57 0.28% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$494.4B
P/E
31.2×
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Mastercard Incorporated (MA) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Mastercard Incorporated (MA) trades at a P/E ratio of 31.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 24.1× (February 2016) to 60.4× (April 2021); the current reading is higher than 26% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 9.6× and above the Financial sector median of 12.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 34.5× (8.87%)
FY2024 37.8× 6.43%
FY2023 35.5× 5.05%
FY2022 33.8× (17.14%)
FY2021 40.8× (26.90%)
FY2020 55.9× 49.29%
FY2019 37.4× 11.47%
FY2018 33.6× (19.35%)
FY2017 41.6× 45.72%
FY2016 28.6× (1.73%)

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 28.2× (2.29%)
Mar 2026 28.9× (16.27%)
Dec 2025 34.5× (5.03%)
Sep 2025 36.3× (4.01%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 24.1× High 60.4×
Ten-year median 36.6×
Current reading's percentile 26

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 7.4×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 9.0×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 10.3×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 12.4×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 12.6×
AXP American Express Company compare 18.7×
V Visa Inc. compare 30.1×
MA Mastercard Incorporated 31.2×
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 32.5×
Credit Services industry median 9.6×
Financial sector median 12.6×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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