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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Mastercard Incorporated (MA) trades at a price to free cash flow of 31.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 23.2× (July 2016) to 63.6× (April 2021); the current reading is higher than 23% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 3.0× and above the Financial sector median of 10.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 31.4× (12.31%)
FY2024 35.9× (1.95%)
FY2023 36.6× 9.99%
FY2022 33.2× (19.01%)
FY2021 41.0× (25.22%)
FY2020 54.9× 34.75%
FY2019 40.7× 18.62%
FY2018 34.3× 11.03%
FY2017 30.9× 13.72%
FY2016 27.2× (7.41%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 28.4× 8.75%
Mar 2026 26.1× (17.06%)
Dec 2025 31.4× (0.20%)
Sep 2025 31.5× (2.04%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 23.2× High 63.6×
Ten-year median 35.7×
Current reading's percentile 23

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare n/m
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 2.5×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 2.6×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 4.2×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 7.3×
AXP American Express Company compare 13.9×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 24.2×
V Visa Inc. compare 31.1×
MA Mastercard Incorporated 31.3×
Credit Services industry median 3.0×
Financial sector median 10.0×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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